title: [Carpal tunnel syndrome and steel industry].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common working pathology. The CTS diagnosis is not so easy because neurophysiological investigations are necessary. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the working risks and the presence of CTS signs using a focused anamnestic and clinical procedure.
  
  
  METHODS
  We evaluated the working risks of CTS in a population of 65 male workers of a steel industry (average age 25.1 and seniority 2.82), performing 5 different tasks. The Borg Scale was used to evaluate the subjective muscle effort. Diurnal paresthesia (V1FG), nocturnal paresthesia (V1FN), hypersensitivity (V1IS), hypostenia (V1IT) were considered.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We identified three main working risks repetitiveness of single actions, static and prolonged posture of the truck, muscle effort. 21.5% of the workers showed at least one of the three symptoms;13.8% showed one or more symptoms; the clinical objectivity was observed in 18.5%. A relation between V1FG, V1FN, clinical objective linked to the workers age of the task 1 (p =0.035) is showed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To prevent CTS, the use of the Borg Scale associated with identification of the risks and with the anamenstic-clinical investigation is useful to discriminate people at risk of CTS.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimenti di S.A.I.M.L.A.L., Unità di Medicina del Lavoro, Università di Roma "Sapienza", Roma, Italia.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Caciari
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Rosati
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Casale
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sancini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Giubilati
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De Sio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suppi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tomei
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Santoro
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Scala
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nardone
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tomei
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008669:Metallurgy; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013232:Steel
chemical_list: D013232:Steel