Hypothenar hammer syndrome: A multicenter case-control study

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1352-1358

  Scharnbacher, Jutta ^a,e   Claus, Matthias ^a   Reichert, Jörg ^b   Röhrl, Tobias ^b   Hoffmann, Ulrich ^c   Ulm, Kurt ^d   Letzel, Stephan ^a   Nowak, Dennis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e DR HORST SCHMIDT KLINIKEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Etiology; Hand trauma; Hypothenar hammer syndrome; Occupational; Raynaud's phenomenon; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; ETIOLOGY; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOTHENAR HAMMER SYNDROME; INJURY; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RAYNAUD'S PHENOMENON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYNDROME; ULNAR ARTERY; VIBRATION;

ETIOLOGY; HAND TRAUMA; HYPOTHENAR HAMMER SYNDROME; OCCUPATIONAL; RAYNAUD'S PHENOMENON; RISK FACTORS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; ODDS RATIO; RAYNAUD DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME; ULNAR ARTERY; VIBRATION;

EID: 84885839913     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22237     Document Type: Article

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