Carpal tunnel syndrome and prediabetes: Is there a true association?

Vasconcelos, José Tupinambá Sousa; Paiva, Ângela Maria Freitas; Cavalcanti, Mauro Furtado; Carvalho, Jozélio Freire de; Bonfá, Eloísa; Borba, Eduardo F.

doi:10.1016/j.clineuro.2015.06.015

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“…Sousa et al [45] conducted a study involving 115 idiopathic CTS patients and 115 controls. They analyzed their data using logistic regression analysis with pre-diabetes as the dependent variable and age, BMI, and CTS as independent variables.…”

Section: Association Of Multifactors With Carpal Tunnel Syndromementioning

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A Review of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Its Association with Age, Body Mass Index, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Hand Dominance, and Sex

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Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is one of the most common compressive, canalicular neuropathies of the upper extremities, causing hand pain and impaired function. CTS results from compression or injury of the median nerve at the wrist within the confines of the carpal tunnel. Parameters such as age, sex, and body mass index (BMI) could be risk factors for CTS. This research work aimed to review the existing literature regarding the relationship between CTS and possible risk factors, such as age, sex, BMI, dominant hand, abdominal circumference, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and cardiac rate to determine which ones are the most influential, and therefore, take them into account in subsequent applied research in the manufacturing industry. We performed a literature search in the PubMed, EBSCO, and ScienceDirect databases using the following keywords: carpal tunnel syndrome AND (age OR sex OR BMI OR handedness OR abdominal circumference OR respiratory rate OR blood pressure OR cardiac rate). We chose 72 articles by analyzing the literature found based on selection criteria. We concluded that CTS is associated with age, female sex, and high BMI. Trends and future challenges have been proposed to delve into the relationship between risk factors and CTS, such as correlation studies on pain reduction, analysis of weight changes to predict the severity of this pathology, and its influence on clinical treatments.

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Section: Association Of Multifactors With Carpal Tunnel Syndromementioning

confidence: 99%

A Review of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Its Association with Age, Body Mass Index, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Hand Dominance, and Sex

et al. 2020

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Non-Occupational Risk Factors for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Review

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Abrahams

Collins

2016

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Diabetes Mellitus

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Papachristou

Stamatiou

2022

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: The aim of the present brief review was to discuss carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in diabetes mellitus (DM). Generally, CTS is more common in DM, especially in subjects with coexisting diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) and/or long DM duration. There is no agreement if it is more frequent in type 1 or type 2 DM. The precise underlying mechanisms are not entirely clear but appear to involve hyperglycaemia-induced median nerve oedema, increased sensitivity to exogenous trauma and nerve myelin ischaemia and axonal degeneration. More recently, increased vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) appear to also play an important role. Median nerve conduction study remains the cornerstone of CTS diagnosis in DM, being more sensitive than clinical examination. Treatment of CTS is medical or surgical. The latter appears now to be equally effective in subjects with vs. without DM in terms of recurrence rates and quality of life.

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Carpal tunnel syndrome and prediabetes: Is there a true association?

Cited by 4 publications

References 31 publications

A Review of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Its Association with Age, Body Mass Index, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Hand Dominance, and Sex

A Review of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Its Association with Age, Body Mass Index, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Hand Dominance, and Sex

Non-Occupational Risk Factors for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Review

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Diabetes Mellitus

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