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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Epidemiology

Carpal tunnel syndrome can affect anyone. It accounts for about 90% of all nerve compression syndromes^[1]. In the U.S., roughly 1 out of 20 people will suffer from the effects of carpal tunnel syndrome. Caucasians have the highest risk of CTS compared with other races such as non-white South Africans.^[2] Women suffer more from CTS than men with a ratio of 3:1 between the ages of 45–60 years. Only 10% of reported cases of CTS are younger than 30 years.^[2] Increasing age is a risk factor. CTS is also common in pregnancy.

Occupational

As of 2010, 8% of U.S. workers reported ever having carpal tunnel syndrome and 4% reported carpal tunnel syndrome in the past 12 months. Prevalence rates for carpal tunnel syndrome in the past 12 months were higher among females than among males; among workers aged 45–64 than among those aged 18–44. Overall, 67% of current carpal tunnel syndrome cases among current/recent workers were reportedly attributed to work by health professionals, indicating that the prevalence rate of work-related carpal tunnel syndrome among workers was 2%, and that there were approximately 3.1 million cases of work-related carpal tunnel syndrome among U.S. workers in 2010. Among current carpal tunnel syndrome cases attributed to specific jobs, 24% were attributed to jobs in the manufacturing industry, a proportion 2.5 times higher than the proportion of current/recent workers employed in the manufacturing industry, suggesting that jobs in this industry are associated with an increased risk of work-related carpal tunnel syndrome.^[3]

^ Ibrahim, I., Khan, W. S., Goddard, N., & Smitham, P. (2012). Suppl 1: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Review of the Recent Literature. The open orthopaedics journal, 6, 69.
^ ^a ^b Ashworth, Nigel L. (December 4, 2008). "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome". eMedicine.
^ Luckhaupt, SE; Dahlhamer, JM; Ward, BWlast4= Sweeney; Sestito; Calvert, GM (June 2013). "Prevalence and work-relatedness of carpal tunnel syndrome in the working population, United States, 2010 national health interview surveyjournal= Am J Ind Med". 56 (6): 615–624. doi:10.1002/ajim.22048. PMID 22495886. {{cite journal}}: |first4= missing |last4= (help); Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Unknown parameter |frist5= ignored (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[1] Ibrahim, I., Khan, W. S., Goddard, N., & Smitham, P. (2012). Suppl 1: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Review of the Recent Literature. The open orthopaedics journal, 6, 69.

[N_Ashworth-2] Ashworth, Nigel L. (December 4, 2008). "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome". eMedicine.

[luckhaupt2-3] Luckhaupt, SE; Dahlhamer, JM; Ward, BWlast4= Sweeney; Sestito; Calvert, GM (June 2013). "Prevalence and work-relatedness of carpal tunnel syndrome in the working population, United States, 2010 national health interview surveyjournal= Am J Ind Med". 56 (6): 615–624. doi:10.1002/ajim.22048. PMID 22495886. {{cite journal}}: |first4= missing |last4= (help); Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Unknown parameter |frist5= ignored (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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