Document ID (ISN) | 54163 |
CIS number |
90-1386 |
Year |
1987 |
Convention or series no. |
Traduction INRS 30.89
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Author(s) |
Margolis W., Kraus G.F. |
Title |
The prevalence of carpal tunnel symptoms in female supermarket checkers |
Original title |
Prévalence du syndrome du canal carpien chez les caissières de supermarché [in French] |
Bibliographic information |
Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, 30 rue Olivier-Noyer, 75680 Paris Cedex 14, France, 1987. 11p. |
Abstract |
Translation into French of an article published in the Journal of Occupational Medicine (Dec. 1987, Vol.29, No.12, p.953-956) and abstracted under CIS 88-1374. Summary: A questionnaire survey was made of 1087 checkers 18-49 years of age. There was an overall prevalence of self-reported carpal-tunnel syndrome (CTS) symptoms of 62.5%. Prevalence rates were related to use of laser scanners, age, years worked as a checker, and average number of hours worked per week. The findings were similar when more restrictive criteria of CTS symptoms were used. Use of estrogens was not positively related to reported CTS symptoms. |
Descriptors (primary) |
carpal-tunnel syndrome; women; neurological effects; supermarkets |
Descriptors (secondary) |
steroids; questionnaire survey; laser-scanner checkout systems; statistical evaluation; translation; age-linked differences |
Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
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Broad subject area(s) |
Physiology, ergonomics
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Browse category(ies) |
Retail industry Diseases of the nervous system
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