Carpal tunnel syndrome: role of occupation
Delgrosso, Ivano ; Boillat, Marcel-André
International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
1991
63
4
267-270
blood monitoring ; carpal tunnel syndrome ; diseases of nervous system ; epidemiologic study ; exposure ; gender ; hand tool ; risk assessment ; vibration
Risk assessment and risk management
English
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A study of 21 patients in a hospital in Switzerland who underwent surgery for carpal-tunnel syndrome revealed that the majority were women performing manual work. Heterozygous serum alpha1-antitrypsin phenotypes were more frequent among these cases than among the Swiss general population. An inventory of the incidence of carpal-tunnel syndrome in Switzerland between June 1988 and May 1989 yielded 188 cases, 66.2% of which were in women. A questionnaire survey, in which 65 of the cases and matching controls participated, disclosed that the syndrome was closely connected with work requiring frequent movement of the wrist or use of vibrating tools.
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