Experiences with preventing carpal tunnel syndrome in an automotive plant

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Experiences with preventing carpal tunnel syndrome in an automotive plant

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Objectives: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) id a common occupational disease. The aim was to assess the effect of preventive measures in automotive assembly workers. Material and methods: The analysis summarizes data from annual cross sectional studies. The 7- years analysis of data was based on medical records obtained from an occupational physician and inspections carried out at the workplace where targeted preventive measures were introduced, including better ergonomic arrangement of the workplace, technical adjustmentsf facilitating the work, preventive nerve conduction studies (NCS) testing of the median nerve once a year, switching of workers and their targeted rotation within the workplace. The NCS testing of median nerve conduction at the wrist was the basic objective method for assessment of the prevalence and severity of CTS. Over the study period, the sample comprised 1804 workers at risk repetitive overuse of the upper extremities, of whom 281 were females with a mean age of 38,5 years and 1523 were males with a mean age of 31.4 years. Results: Over the study period,a total of 13 cases of CTS were recognized as an occupational disease in the plant, 8 of which occured within the first 2 years from the initiation of production. Introduction of preventive measeures decreased the prevalence of median neuropathy from 18,3% of examined extremities in 2011 to 10,5% in 2013 ( p=0,003). In early 2014, the production pace increased and this was accompanied by a rise in abnormal NCS findings to 16,9%. Over the study period, the rate of sensorimotor neuropathy decreased in favor of merely sensory neuropathies, which have been most frequent since 2013. The percentage of employees whose contracts were terminated due to median neuropathy desreased steadily from 5,5% to 0,4%. Conclusions: Targeted prevention of work- related CTS is effective as evidenced by the decrease in the prevalence of median neuropathy detected by NCS.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Experiences with preventing carpal tunnel syndrome in an automotive plant

Popis výsledku anglicky

Objectives: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) id a common occupational disease. The aim was to assess the effect of preventive measures in automotive assembly workers. Material and methods: The analysis summarizes data from annual cross sectional studies. The 7- years analysis of data was based on medical records obtained from an occupational physician and inspections carried out at the workplace where targeted preventive measures were introduced, including better ergonomic arrangement of the workplace, technical adjustmentsf facilitating the work, preventive nerve conduction studies (NCS) testing of the median nerve once a year, switching of workers and their targeted rotation within the workplace. The NCS testing of median nerve conduction at the wrist was the basic objective method for assessment of the prevalence and severity of CTS. Over the study period, the sample comprised 1804 workers at risk repetitive overuse of the upper extremities, of whom 281 were females with a mean age of 38,5 years and 1523 were males with a mean age of 31.4 years. Results: Over the study period,a total of 13 cases of CTS were recognized as an occupational disease in the plant, 8 of which occured within the first 2 years from the initiation of production. Introduction of preventive measeures decreased the prevalence of median neuropathy from 18,3% of examined extremities in 2011 to 10,5% in 2013 ( p=0,003). In early 2014, the production pace increased and this was accompanied by a rise in abnormal NCS findings to 16,9%. Over the study period, the rate of sensorimotor neuropathy decreased in favor of merely sensory neuropathies, which have been most frequent since 2013. The percentage of employees whose contracts were terminated due to median neuropathy desreased steadily from 5,5% to 0,4%. Conclusions: Targeted prevention of work- related CTS is effective as evidenced by the decrease in the prevalence of median neuropathy detected by NCS.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

30305 - Occupational health

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

ISSN

1232-1087

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

30

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

PL - Polská republika

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

45-54

Kód UT WoS článku

000395996100003

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85018794764