Carpal tunnel syndrome: The role of occupational factors

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-29

  Palmer, Keith T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Carpal; Mononeuropathy; Occupational; Risk factors; Tunnel syndrome

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; STEROID;

ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ERGONOMICS; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PROCESSING; GONIOMETRY; HAND ARM VIBRATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KEYBOARD; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NECK PAIN; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TINGLING; SLEEP DISORDER; SPLINTING; STEROID THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; WORKLOAD; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE; YOGA;

EID: 79958250889     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: 15321770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2011.01.014     Document Type: Review

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