The natural course of carpal tunnel syndrome in a working population

Musculoskeletal and neurological injuries associated with work organization among immigrant latino women manual workers in North Carolina

“…This analysis provides important, although limited, evidence that work organization characteristics, particularly job control and job demands, are associated with the presence of clinically diagnosed musculoskeletal and neurological injuries among immigrant Latina workers. The pattern of these results is consistent with research focused on non-immigrant workers in the US [Silverstein et al, 2008[Silverstein et al, , 2010Fan et al, 2009;Harris-Adamson et al, 2013;Luckhaupt et al, 2013]. Further research examining clinically evaluated health outcomes among immigrant women workers is needed.…”

“…The prevalence of possible CTS was 40% and of definite CTS was 8.9% among the participants in this study. This compares with the 6.7% rate reported by Luckhaupt et al [2013], the 7.8% prevalence reported by Dale et al [2013], and the 10.8% prevalence reported by Silverstein et al [2010] using samples largely composed of non-Hispanic white Americans. The level of rotator cuff syndrome is substantially greater for the participants in this study (16.2%) compared to the largely non-Hispanic white sample (7.5%) analyzed by Silverstein et al [2008].…”

Workplace and individual risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome

“…A job requirement for a peak exertion of 70% MVC or more or 15 or more exertions per minute among those who were obese was associated with CTS. Although caution must be used in inferences drawn from cross-sectional studies, longitudinal studies support the findings that repetitive forceful job tasks are associated with CTS 40. Designing jobs to limit physical job demands to lower levels should result in fewer cases of CTS.…”

A prospective study of carpal tunnel syndrome: workplace and individual risk factors

“…Two cohort studies that included both physical job stressors and psychosocial factors reported no association between psychological job demands or control and CTS 31 32. Silverstein et al reported associations between CTS and psychological job demands in descriptive data, but the analysis did not control for physical job stressors 33. Further research may clarify these relationships.…”