title: Occupation in relation to the carpal tunnel syndrome.
abstract: A survey was made of the work and hobbies of 658 patients with the carpal tunnel syndrome. Seventy-nine per cent of the patients were employed in work requiring light, highly repetitive movements of the wrists and fingers. Fifty-one per cent of the unemployed housewives knitted. It is suggested that this type of manual activity can be a causal factor in the development of the, so-called, 'spontaneous' carpal tunnel syndrome.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D009790:Occupations; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000502:physiology