Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Tae Woon Jang

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Survey on the Prevalence of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Simple Repetitive Workers Who Use Upper Extremities: Ji Eun Son, Tae Woon Jang, Yoon Kou Kim, Young Seoub Hong, Kap Yeol Jung, Dong Ill Kim, Kang Jin Lee, Nam Jin Ha, Sang Boum Kim, Joon Youn Kim; Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2001;13(3):209-219. Published online September 30, 2001; DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.2001.13.3.209

OBJECTIVES
This study was carried out to survey on the prevalence of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome(CTS) in high risk jobs(meat and fish processing plant and wood plant), by application of Nerve Conduction Study(NCS), a confirmatory diagnostic method.
METHODS
Experimental group was 69 workers sampled from meat and fish processing plants and 17 workers sampled from wood plants, who were simple, repetitive workers using upper extremities and control group was 28 workers sampled from managers, secretaries and keepers. All employees were examined through work history, physical examination and NCS.
RESULTS
18 workers(26.09%) in meat and fish processing plants, and 5 workers(29.41%) in wood plants had compatible findings to NIOSH diagnostic criteria for CTS. The experimental group had more symptoms(complaint of upper extremities, Visual Analogue Scale >or= 4(VAS: total 10 point)), signs(Tinel and Phalen test) and prevalence of CTS than control group ( p<0.05). The prevalence of symptoms and signs were higher in short term worke r s (<7 years), but the prevalence of CTS was higher in long term workers(>or=7 years).
CONCLUSIONS
The prevalence of CTS in meat and fish processing plant and wood plant were 26.09% and 29.41% respectively. Authors propose that meat and fish processing and wood plants should be managed as a risk job category which were designated by OSHA in 1996

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