Evaluation of age, body mass index, and wrist index as risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome severity

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-97

  Kouyoumdjian, Joao A ^a   Zanetta, Dirce M T ^a   Morita, Maria P A ^a  

^a Medical School   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Compressive neuropathy; Median nerve; Nerve conduction studies; Wrist dimension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WRIST;

EID: 0036136595     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10007     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Frequency of median mononeuropathy in patients with mild diabetic neuropathy in the early diabetes intervention trial (EDIT)
2. Medical surveillance for carpal tunnel syndrome in workers
3. Risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome
4. An epidemiologic study of the carpal tunnel syndrome in an adult female population
5. Wrist ratio correlation with carpal tunnel syndrome in industry
6. Wrist dimensions: Correlation with median sensory latencies
7. Carpal tunnel syndrome. Age, nerve conduction severity and duration of symptomatology
8. Sindrome do túnel do carpo. Aspectos clinico-epidemiológicos em 668 casos
9. Sensitivity and specificity of carpal tunnel syndrome signs
10. Association of obesity, gender, age and occupation with carpal tunnel syndrome
11. Obesity as a risk factor for slowing of sensory conduction of the median nerve in industry. A cross-sectional and longitudinal study involving 429 workers
12. Slowing of sensory conduction of the median nerve and carpal tunnel syndrome in Japanese and American industrial workers
13. Risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome in a general population
14. Multi-perspective assessment of carpal tunnel syndrome: A multicenter study
15. A gender specific wrist ratio and the likelihood of a median nerve abnormality at the carpal tunnel
16. Variability in the median and ulnar nerve latencies: Implications for diagnosing entrapment
17. Carpal tunnel syndrome. Effects of personal factors and associated medical conditions
18. Wrist squareness and median nerve impairment
19. A case-control study of obesity as a risk factor for carpal tunnel syndrome in a population of 600 patients presenting for independent medical examination
20. Effects of age, sex, and anthropometric factors on nerve conduction measures
21. AAEM minimonograph #26: The electrodiagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome
22. Carpal tunnel syndrome in Rochester, Minnesota, 1961 to 1980
23. The relationship between body mass index and the number of sides of carpal tunnel syndrome
24. Association of occupational and non-occupational risk factors with the prevalence of self-reported carpal tunnel syndrome in a national survey of the working population
25. Epidemiology of carpal tunnel syndrome in women of childbearing age. Findings in a large cohort study
26. The relationship between body mass index and the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome
27. Neurophysiological study of 250 severe carpal tunnel syndrome hands