Carpal Tunnel Syndrome as Sentinel for Harmful Hand Activities at Work: A Nationwide Danish Cohort Study
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Objective:Evaluate incidence rates (IRs) of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) as sentinels to identify job groups with high hand-wrist exposures.Methods:A nationwide register-based cohort study of all born in Denmark. During follow-up 2010 to 2013, we identified first-time CTS diagnoses. We established job groups, calculated sex-specific age-standardized IRs (SIRs) per job group. We linked occupational codes with a job exposure matrix, calculated mean hand load estimate per job group, and plotted hand load against the SIRs.Results:We followed 1,171,580 men and 1,137,854 women for 4,046,851 and 3,994,987 person-years; identified 4405 cases among men, 7858 among women; obtained crude IRs of 10.9 and 19.7 per 10,000 person-years. For both sexes, there was a positive association between SIRs and hand load.Conclusions:Higher SIRs pointed to job groups with higher hand load. Elevated SIRs of CTS may serve as sentinels of harmful hand activities.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
Volume | 62 |
Issue number | 5 |
Pages (from-to) | 375-382 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISSN | 1076-2752 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
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- Diabetes, epidemiological surveillance, hand load, job exposure matrix, occupational exposures, register study, upper extremity
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