Computer Use and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Open Access
- 11 June 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 289 (22) , 2963-2969
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.289.22.2963
Abstract
Use of the keyboard and the mouse as key interface devices to the computer has led to much debate concerning their role in development of injuries to the nerves in the upper limbs, particularly carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). The proposed mechanism for this relationship is regional compression or nerve stretching, which has been confirmed in animal models, but no models exist concerning the effects of repetitive hand-finger loading on nerve structure and function.1Keywords
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