Do comorbid ulnar symptoms or ulnar neuropathy affect the prognosis of workers with carpal tunnel syndrome?

نویسندگان

  • Alexis Descatha
  • Ann-Marie Dale
  • Angelique Zeringue
  • Bradley Evanoff
چکیده

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is a common and costly disease among working-aged adults, and a leading cause of work-related disability, 1 affected almost 5 million U.S. workers, with prevalence estimated between 3.1% and 7.8%.2 While prognosis following surgery has been described,34 many questions exist about predictors of CTS prognosis in working populations.5 The presence of ulnar symptoms or neuropathy have been considered predictive of a poor outcome in CTS cases. We aimed to describe three-year evolution of CTS with and without ulnar symptoms in a large cohort of worker.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

دوره 56 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014