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The study of work behaviours and risks for occupational overuse syndrome.

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2012

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Article

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17936535

DOI

10.1142/S0218810412500207

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Bibliographic Citation

Hand surgery : an international journal devoted to hand and upper limb surgery and related research : journal of the Asia-Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand. Vol 17, No.2 (2012), p.205-212

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Laoopugsin N., Laoopugsin S. The study of work behaviours and risks for occupational overuse syndrome.. Hand surgery : an international journal devoted to hand and upper limb surgery and related research : journal of the Asia-Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand. Vol 17, No.2 (2012), p.205-212. doi:10.1142/S0218810412500207 Retrieved from: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14740/7116

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The study of work behaviours and risks for occupational overuse syndrome.

Author(s)

Laoopugsin N.
 Laoopugsin S.

Abstract

"Occupational overuse syndrome" is defined as the syndrome of work-related musculoskeletal disorders resulting from repetitive hand posture and motion. We looked at 867 employees in seven different factories to determine the groups suffering from trigger fingers, de Quervain's disease and carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) from the period of January 2009 to November 2010. The inclusion and exclusion criteria were designated for the subjects in each group. We found the highest prevalence of the syndrome in the rate of CTS development. The differences in the hand spans and the grip strengths between the normal versus the diseased groups were statistically significant. The most common work patterns were a repetitive workload with the hand in a posture of a contracted grasping position. This accounted for 43.1% of the cases of trigger fingers, 38.1% in cases of CTS and this position with a contributing increased speed in the work pattern at 29.8% in the de Quervain's disease patients.

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Adult
 Article
 Body posture
 Carpal tunnel syndrome
 Clinical trial
 Cross-sectional study
 Cumulative trauma disorder
 De Quervain tenosynovitis
 Female
 Hand strength
 Human
 Male
 Middle aged
 Multicenter study
 Nonparametric test
 Occupation
 Occupational disease
 Prevalence
 Risk factor
 Thailand
 Trigger finger
 Adult
 Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
 Cross-Sectional Studies
 Cumulative Trauma Disorders
 De Quervain Disease
 Female
 Hand Strength
 Humans
 Male
 Middle Aged
 Occupational Diseases
 Occupations
 Posture
 Prevalence
 Risk Factors
 Statistics, Nonparametric
 Thailand
 Trigger Finger Disorder

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