Current perception threshold screening for carpal tunnel syndrome

Jefferson J. Katims; Ashok S. Patil; Marc Rendell; Peter Rouvelas; Barry Sadler; Stephen A. Weseley; Margit L. Bleecker

doi:10.1080/00039896.1991.9937449

Current perception threshold screening for carpal tunnel syndrome

Jefferson J. Katims, Ashok S. Patil, Marc Rendell, Peter Rouvelas, Barry Sadler, Stephen A. Weseley, Margit L. Bleecker

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Abstract

Screening for the onset of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), which is associated with excess ergonomic stresses of the wrist and hand, is a major concern in occupational medicine. CTS questionnaires, physical examinations, and quantitative sensory function determination through neuroselective current perception threshold (CPT) measurements were obtained from the median digital nerves of 16 assembly line workers who were symptomatic with hand pain. Median nerve evaluations by CPT detected sensory abnormalities in 75% of the workers, and abnormalities in 50% of the workers were detected by clinical evaluations (p

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	207-212
Number of pages	6
Journal	Archives of Environmental Health
Volume	46
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00039896.1991.9937449
Publication status	Published - 1991

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Environmental Chemistry
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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Katims, J. J., Patil, A. S., Rendell, M., Rouvelas, P., Sadler, B., Weseley, S. A., & Bleecker, M. L. (1991). Current perception threshold screening for carpal tunnel syndrome. Archives of Environmental Health, 46(4), 207-212. https://doi.org/10.1080/00039896.1991.9937449

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