| Document ID (ISN) | 107411 |
| CIS number |
07-1302 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1080-3548 - International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics |
| Year |
2007 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Bugajska J., Jędryka-Góral A., Sudoł-Szopińska I. |
| Title |
Carpal tunnel syndrome in occupational medicine practice |
| Bibliographic information |
2007, Vol.13, No.1, p.29-38. 59 ref. |
| Abstract |
The various methods available for diagnosing carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) are discussed, with special emphasis on those that can be used by physicians for the early diagnosis in workers doing monotonous work. It also discusses occupational factors, non-occupational factors (such as post-traumatic deformation of bone elements of the carpal tunnel, degenerative and inflammatory changes in tendon sheaths, connective tissue hypertrophy or formation of crystal deposits) leading to CTS, diagnostic methods (subjective symptoms, physical examination, provocative tests, vibration perception threshold, electrophysiological examination and imaging methods), and therapeutic and preventive tools available in occupational medicine practice. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
carpal-tunnel syndrome; diagnosis; industrial physicians; occupational medicine; risk factors |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
subjective assessment; vibration perception threshold; ultrasound; monotonous work; magnetic resonance imaging; musculoskeletal diseases; osteoarticular deformities; medical examinations; symptoms |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Poland |
| Subject(s) |
Medicine, hygiene and first aid
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the nervous system
|
