Individual risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome: An evaluation of body mass index, wrist index and hand anthropometric measurements

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 294-299

  Boz, Cavit ^a   Ozmenoglu, Mehmet ^a   Altunayoglu, Vildan ^a   Velioglu, Sibel ^a   Alioglu, Zekeriya ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Hand anthropometric measurements; Wrist index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WRIST;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST;

EID: 3543115588     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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