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    non sort: An
    title: investigation of methods for detecting carpal tunnel syndrome
  name:
    name part: Grant, Katharyn Ann Albright.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Congleton, Jerome J.
    role:
      role term: degree supervisor.
  name:
    name part: Huchingson, R. Dale
    role:
      role term: degree committee member.
  name:
    name part: Koppa, Rodger J.
    role:
      role term: degree committee member.
  name:
    name part: Lessard, Charles S.
    role:
      role term: degree committee member.
  name:
    name part: Texas A & M University
    role:
      role term: degree granting institution.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Academic theses
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    date issued: 1990
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xvi, 138 leaves : illustrations ; 29 cm
  abstract: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a debilitating disease caused by median nerve entrapment at the wrist. Early detection is required to prevent permanent disability. Epidemiological studies have linked CTS to work practices common in many industries. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of vibration sensitivity testing and motor nerve conduction testing for detecting CTS in industry. Nerve conduction tests are used routinely in CTS diagnosis. Some researchers suggest vibrotactile sensation shows earlier changes in CTS. Median motor nerve conduction and vibrotactile sensitivity were tested in 202 participants in four groups: controls, manufacturing plant workers with and without CTS symptoms, and physician-diagnosed CTS patients. Personal information was gathered through questionnaire. Ten participants were also tested with a multifrequency vibration sensitivity tester, designed by the investigator to measure thresholds at 10, 60, 100, 200 and 300 Hz. Nerve conduction time differed significantly in the control, exposed and symptomatic groups. Vibration sensitivity threshold differed only in the diagnosed CTS group. There were no threshold differences among the other three groups. Nerve conduction time in manufacturing plant employees was associated with weight and vitamin use. Vibration threshold was associated with number of years on the job. These factors did not alter the tests' ability to distinguish between employees with and without symptoms. Only 19.3% and 12.3% of the variation in these measurements was explained by variables examined in this study. Nerve conduction times and vibration thresholds were correlated; however, vibration thresholds were significantly elevated only in participants with nerve conduction times more than three standard deviations above the control mean. No subjective preference for either test was found. This study indicates median nerve conduction time is a better CTS indicator than vibration threshold at 120 Hz. The test i…
  note: Typescript (photocopy).
  note: Vita.
  note: "Major subject: Industrial engineering."
  note: Ph. D. Texas A & M University 1990
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  subject:
    topic: Carpal tunnel syndrome
    topic: Diagnosis
  subject:
    topic: Neural conduction
    topic: Testing
  subject:
    topic: Sensory discrimination
    topic: Testing
  subject:
    topic: Major industrial engineering
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  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 910813
    record change date: 20200904152507.0
    record identifier: in00001042958
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng