Aetiology of work-related carpal tunnel syndrome: The role of lumbrical muscles and tool size on carpal tunnel pressures

Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 103-107

  Cobb, Tyson K ^a   Cooney, William P ^a   An, Kai Nan ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Ergonomics; Industrial medicine

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; MUSCLE; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; TENDONS;

CARPAL TUNNEL; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE; TOOL SIZE;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FINGER; FLEXOR TENDON; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

EID: 0029868907     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139608964437     Document Type: Article

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