Association of occupational and non-occupational risk factors with the prevalence of work related carpal tunnel syndrome

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 152-156

  Maghsoudipour, Maryam ^a   Moghimi, Sasan ^b   Dehghaan, Faize ^a   Rahimpanah, Azar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Electrodiagnosis; Force; Repetitive manual work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; BODY MOVEMENT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FORCE; HAND; HAND ARM VIBRATION; HAND ARM VIBRATION SYNDROME; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; WRIST;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 43849105750     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-008-9125-4     Document Type: Article

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