Risk factors for operated carpal tunnel syndrome: A multicenter population-based case-control study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Mattioli, Stefano ^a   Baldasseroni, Alberto ^b   Bovenzi, Massimo ^c   Curti, Stefania ^a   Cooke, Robin M T ^a   Campo, Giuseppe ^d   Barbieri, Pietro G ^e   Ghersi, Rinaldo ^f   Broccoli, Marco ^g   Cancellieri, Maria Pia ^h   Colao, Anna Maria ^h   Dell'Omo, Marco ⁱ   Fateh Moghadam, Pirous ^j   Franceschini, Flavia ^k   Fucksia, Serenella ^h   Galli, Paolo ^l   Gobba, Fabriziomaria ^m   Lucchini, Roberto ⁿ   Mandes, Anna ^k   Marras, Teresa ^o   Sgarrella, Carla ^p   Borghesi, Stefano ⁿ   Fierro, Mauro ^a   Zanardi, Francesca ^a   Mancini, Gianpiero ^g   Violante, Francesco S ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Tuscany Regional Centre for Occupational Injuries and Diseases CeRIMP   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d ISPESL   (Italy)

^e ASL Brescia   (Italy)

^f ASL Modena   (Italy)

^g Occupational Health Service   (Italy)

^h Occupational Health Service   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^j Unit of Observational Epidemiology   (Italy)

^k ASL Bologna   (Italy)

^l Occupational Health Service   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^o Ospedale di Sassari   (Italy)

^p SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; BODY MASS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350344978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-343     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Clinical practice. Carpal tunnel syndrome. JN Katz BP Simmons, N Engl J Med 2002 346 1807 1812 10.1056/NEJMcp013018 12050342
2. Prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome in a general population. I Atroshi C Gummesson R Johnsson E Ornstein J Ranstam I Rosén, JAMA 1999 282 153 158 10.1001/jama.282.2.153 10411196
3. A longitudinal study of predictors of research-defined carpal tunnel syndrome in industrial workers: findings at 17 years. PA Nathan JA Istvan KD Meadows, J Hand Surg Br. 2005 30 6 593 598 16129527
4. An evaluation of gender, obesity, age and diabetes mellitus as risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome. J Becker DB Nora I Gomes FF Stringari R Seitensus JS Panosso JC Ehlers, Clin Neurophysiol 2002 113 1429 1434 10.1016/S1388-2457(02)00201-8 12169324
5. Prevalence of smoking, obesity, diabetes mellitus, and thyroid disease in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome. Y Karpitskaya CB Novak SE Mackinnon, Ann Plast Surg 2002 48 269 273 10.1097/00000637-200203000-00007 11862031
6. Individual risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome: an evaluation of body mass index, wrist index and hand anthropometric measurements. C Boz M Ozmenoglu V Altunayoglu S Velioglu Z Alioglu, Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2004 106 294 299 10.1016/j.clineuro.2004.01.002 15297003
7. The genetic contribution to carpal tunnel syndrome in women: a twin study. AJ Hakim L Cherkas S El Zayat AJ MacGregor TD Spector, Arthritis Rheum 2002 47 275 279 10.1002/art.10395 12115157
8. Carpal tunnel syndrome: a nested case-control study of risk factors in women. S Ferry P Hannaford M Warskyj M Lewis P Croft, Am J Epidemiol 2000 151 566 574 10733038
9. Risk factors in carpal tunnel syndrome. JM Geoghegan DI Clark LC Bainbridge C Smith R Hubbard, J Hand Surg [Br] 2004 29 315 320 15234492
10. An epidemiologic study of the carpal tunnel syndrome in an adult female population. GS Dieck JL Kelsey, Prev Med 1985 14 63 69 10.1016/0091-7435(85) 90021-0 4034515
11. Risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome. MC De Krom AD Kester PG Knipschild F Spaans, Am J Epidemiol 1990 132 1102 1110 2260542
12. Epidemiology of carpal tunnel syndrome in women of childbearing age. Findings in a large cohort study. MP Vessey L Villard-Mackintosh D Yeates, Int J Epidemiol 1990 19 655 659 10.1093/ije/19.3.655 2262260
13. Carpal tunnel syndrome: a retrospective analysis of 262 cases and a one to one matched case-control study of 61 women pairs in relationship between manual housework and carpal tunnel syndrome. X Tang L Zhuang Z Lu, Chin Med J 1999 112 44 48 11593640
14. Prevalence and work-relatedness of self-reported carpal tunnel syndrome among U.S. workers: analysis of the Occupational Health Supplement data of 1988 National Health Interview Survey. S Tanaka DK Wild PJ Seligman WE Halperin VJ Behrens V Putz-Anderson, Am J Ind Med 1995 27 451 470 10.1002/ajim.4700270402 7793419
15. 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. S Tanaka DK Wild LL Cameron E Freund, Am J Ind Med 1997 32 550 556 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199711)32:5<550::AID-AJIM18>3.0.CO;2-1 9327082
16. Carpal tunnel syndrome and its relation to occupation: a systematic literature review. KT Palmer EC Harris D Coggon, Occup Med (Lond) 2007 57 57 66 10.1093/occmed/kql125 17082517
17. Hand/wrist musculoskeletal disorders (carpal tunnel syndrome, tendinitis, hand-arm vibration syndrome): evidence for work-relatedness. BP Bernard, Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) and Workplace Factors. A Critical Review of Epidemiologic Evidence for Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Neck, Upper Extremity, and Low Back DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 97-141 1997 http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/97-141/ergotxt5a.html accessed 15 July, 2009
18. Impact of occupations and job tasks on the prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome. M Hagberg H Morgenstern M Kelsh, Scand J Work Environ Health 1992 18 337 345 1485158
19. Risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome in a general population. DL Nordstrom RA Vierkant F DeStefano PM Layde, Occup Environ Med 1997 54 734 740 10.1136/oem.54.10.734 9404321
20. Gender differences in carpal tunnel syndrome? Occupational and non-occupational risk factors in a population-based case-control study. K Giersiepen A Eberle H Pohlabeln, Ann Epidemiol 2000 10 481 10.1016/S1047- 2797(00)00133-2 11018431
21. Use of provincial health insurance plan billing data to estimate carpal tunnel syndrome morbidity and surgery rates. GM Liss C Armstrong RA Kusiak MM Gailitis, Am J Ind Med 1992 22 395 409 10.1002/ajim.4700220312 1387760
22. Incidence rates of in-hospital carpal tunnel syndrome in the general population and possible associations with marital status. S Mattioli A Baldasseroni S Curti RM Cooke A Bena G de Giacomi M dell'Omo P Fateh-Moghadam C Melani M Biocca E Buiatti G Campo F Zanardi FS Violante, BMC Public Health 2008 8 374 10.1186/1471-2458-8-374 18957090
23. Sindrome del tunnel carpale e attivit lavorativa: uno studio caso-controllo. G Mancini S Ehrlich S Mattioli V Mussuto A Guerra S Fucksia M Ghini FS Violante, Atti del IX Congresso di professione medica del comprensorio imolese: Imola Maggio 2000; Italy 2000 33 38
24. ISCO 88 (COM) - the European Union variant of ISCO 88 (International Standard Classification of Occupations). http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/ research/isco88/ accessed 15 July, 2009
25. European Commission, Employment & social affairs, Health & safety at work, Information notices on diagnosis of occupational diseases EUR 14768 EN 1997
26. NE Breslow NE Day, Statistical Methods in Cancer Research Lyon: International Agency for Research on Cancer 1980 1
27. Linking analysis to study design: summary of method. BR Kirkwood JAC Sterne, Essential Medical Statistics Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing 2 2003 410 412
28. A simple method of determining confidence intervals for population attributable risk from complex surveys. S Natarajan SR Lipsitz E Rimm, Stat Med 2007 26 3229 3239 10.1002/sim.2779 17309113
29. ACGIH, TLVs and BEIs Cincinnati, OH: American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists 2008
30. Carpal tunnel syndrome: what is attributable to work? The Montreal study. M Rossignol S Stock L Patry B Armstrong, Occup Environ Med 1997 54 519 523 10.1136/oem.54.7.519 9282130
31. General population data. National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), http://www.istat.it/dati/db-siti/ accessed 15 July, 2009
32. Carpal tunnel syndrome among grocery store workers. AM Osorio RG Ames J Jones J Castorina D Rempel W Estrin D Thompson, Am J Ind Med 1994 25 229 245 10.1002/ajim.4700250209 8147395
33. The carpal-tunnel syndrome. Seventeen years' experience in diagnosis and treatment of six hundred fifty-four hands. GS Phalen, J Bone Joint Surg Am 1966 48 211 228 5934271
34. Rischio di sindrome del tunnel carpale in alcune attivit lavorative. A Baldasseroni R Tartaglia F Carnevale, Med Lav 1995 86 341 351 7500904
35. Carpal tunnel syndrome in female nurse anesthetists versus operating room nurses: prevalence, laterality, and impact of handedness. JH Diaz, Anesth Analg 2001 93 975 980 10.1097/00000539-200110000-00035 11574368
36. Carpal tunnel syndrome and manual work: a longitudinal study. FS Violante TJ Armstrong C Fiorentini F Graziosi A Risi S Venturi S Curti F Zanardi RM Cooke R Bonfiglioli S Mattioli, J Occup Environ Med 2007 49 1189 1196 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181594873 17993922
37. Incidence of carpal tunnel syndrome among automobile assembly workers and assessment of risk factors. RA Werner A Franzblau N Gell AG Hartigan M Ebersole TJ Armstrong, J Occup Environ Med 2005 47 1044 1050 10.1097/01.jom.0000171065. 17288.a0 16217245 (Pubitemid 41504813)
38. The relationship of obesity, age, and carpal tunnel syndrome: more complex than was thought? JD Bland, Muscle Nerve 2005 32 527 532 10.1002/mus.20408 16025527
39. Cardiovascular risk factor profiles and their social gradient from adolescence to age 74 in a Swiss region. V Addor V Wietlisbach F Narring PA Michaud, Prev Med 2003 36 217 228 10.1016/S0091-7435(02)00016-6 12590997
40. Carpal tunnel syndrome: a question of hand and wrist configurations? LP Kamolz H Beck W Haslik R Högler M Rab KF Schrögendorfer M Frey, J Hand Surg [Br] 2004 29 321 324 15234493
41. Occupational and personal risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome in industrial workers. Y Roquelaure S Mechali C Dano S Fanello F Benetti D Bureau J Mariel YH Martin F Derriennic D Penneau-Fontbonne, Scand J Work Environ Health 1997 23 364 369 9403467
42. Long term follow-up of carpal tunnel syndrome during pregnancy: a cohort study and review of the literature. M Mondelli S Rossi E Monti I Aprile P Caliandro C Pazzaglia C Romano L Padua, Electromyogr Clin Neurophysiol 2007 47 259 271 17918501
43. Mechanism-based inactivation of COX-1 by red wine m-hydroquinones: a structure-activity relationship study. LM Szewczuk TM Penning, J Nat Prod 2004 67 1777 1782 10.1021/np0498410 15568761
44. Carpal tunnel syndrome incidence in a general population. M Mondelli F Giannini M Giacchi, Neurology 2002 58 289 294 11805259
45. Sex differences in carpal tunnel syndrome: comparison of surgical and non-surgical populations. M Mondelli I Aprile M Ballerini F Ginanneschi F Reale C Romano S Rossi L Padua, Eur J Neurol 2005 12 976 983 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2005. 01099.x 16324091