An evaluation of gender, body mass index, wrist circumference and wrist ratio as independent risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 375-379

  Moghtaderi, Ali ^a   Izadi, S ^a   Sharafadinzadeh, N ^b  

^a ALZAHRA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Gender; Risk factors; Wrist ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WRIST; WRIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WRIST;

EID: 28144462719     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2005.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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