The relationship between body mass index and the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome
dc.contributor.author | Werner, Robert A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Albers, James W. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Franzblau, Alfred | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Armstrong, Thomas J. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-04-06T18:33:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2007-04-06T18:33:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1994-06 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Werner, Robert A.; Albers, James W.; Franzblau, Alfred; Armstrong, Thomas J. (1994)."The relationship between body mass index and the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome." Muscle & Nerve 17(6): 632-636. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/50161> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0148-639X | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1097-4598 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/50161 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=8196706&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Increased weignt and, more recently, body mass index (BMI), have been suggested as risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). In an effort to determine the relative risk (RR) of obesity in the development of CTS, 949 patients who had an evaluation of the right upper extremity that included motor and sensory conduction studies of the median and ulnar nerves were reviewed. Of these patients, 261 were diagnosed with a median mononeuropathy at the wrist. Those individuals who were classified as obese (BMI > 29) were 2.5 times more likely than slender individuals (BMI < 20) to be diagnosed with CTS. Forty-three percent of obese women and 32% of obese men had the diagnosis of CTS compared to 21% of slender women and 0% of slender men. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | en_US |
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dc.format.extent | 3118 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.publisher | Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Life and Medical Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Neuroscience, Neurology and Psychiatry | en_US |
dc.title | The relationship between body mass index and the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Neurosciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan ; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan ; 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Box 0042, University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Ml 48109-0042 | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan ; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan ; Department of Neurology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Environmental and Industrial Health, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Environmental and Industrial Health, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 8196706 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/50161/1/880170610_ftp.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mus.880170610 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Muscle & Nerve | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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