Association between Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Pooled Occupational Cohorts

Kurt T. Hegmann,Matthew S. Thiese,Jay Kapellusch,Andrew Merryweather,Stephen Bao,Barbara Silverstein,Eric Wood,Richard Kendall,Jacqueline J. Wertsch,James Foster,Arun Garg,David L. Drury

Association between Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Pooled Occupational Cohorts

2016

Kurt T. Hegmann
Matthew S. Thiese
Jay Kapellusch
Andrew Merryweather
Stephen Bao
Barbara Silverstein
Eric Wood
Richard Kendall
Jacqueline J. Wertsch
James Foster
Arun Garg
David L. Drury

Objective:The aim of the study was to ascertain if cardiovascular (CVD) risk factors are carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) risk factors.Methods:Analysis of pooled baseline data from two large prospective cohort studies (n = 1824) assessed the relationships between a modified Framingham Heart Study CVD ri

Keywords:

Physical therapy
Prospective cohort study
Medicine
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Blood pressure
Diabetes mellitus
Framingham Heart Study
baseline data
cardiovascular risk factors
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