A Comparison of Occupational Carpal Tunnel Syndromes Notified in the Czech Republic and in the U.S.A.
A Comparison of Occupational Carpal Tunnel Syndromes Notified in the Czech Republic and in the U.S.A.
The authors compared a group of 54 patients having been notified as suffering from the occupati- onal carpal tunnel syndrome by the Clinic of Occupational Diseases, General University Hospital in Prague with a group of 38 patients, where the syndrome was notified by the Clinic of Occupati- onal Diseases in Albany, New York, U.S.A. The group of patients examined in Prague included significantly more men (61% versus 21%, p < 0.05), the mean age at the time of diagnosis being higher by 6 years (p < 0.05), the mean duration of exposure being longer by 8 years (p < 0.01), a interval between the first occurrence of first signs of the syndrome and notification of the occupational disease longer by 1.5 year (p < 0.01) and a higher incidence of severe EMG findings (67% versus 27%). The syndrome occurred in the Prague patients mostly as an isolated diagnosis (in 81%), whereas in the patients from Albany it was mostly accompanied by other accompanying diagnoses (in 83%). In 90% of patients from Albany the syndrome developed at work characterized by repetitive light movements, whereas in 98% of the Prague patients it resulted from heavy physical work. The observed differences are apparently due to several causes. In addition to different structure of the industries a role is played by different diagnostic and evaluation crite- ria and also varied perception of health complaints or motivation for obtaining the status of occupational disease in the two populations.
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Pavel Urban; Eckardt Johanning 1; Edgar Lukáš; Anne Tencza 1
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Centrum hygieny práce a nemocí z povolání SZÚ, Praha, vedoucí prof. MUDr. M. Cikrt, DrSc. 1 Eastern NY Occupational Health Program, Albany, NY, Director E. Johanning, MD, PhD.
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Prakt. Lék. 1999; (7): 175-180
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The authors compared a group of 54 patients having been notified as suffering from the occupati- onal carpal tunnel syndrome by the Clinic of Occupational Diseases, General University Hospital in Prague with a group of 38 patients, where the syndrome was notified by the Clinic of Occupati- onal Diseases in Albany, New York, U.S.A. The group of patients examined in Prague included significantly more men (61% versus 21%, p < 0.05), the mean age at the time of diagnosis being higher by 6 years (p < 0.05), the mean duration of exposure being longer by 8 years (p < 0.01), a interval between the first occurrence of first signs of the syndrome and notification of the occupational disease longer by 1.5 year (p < 0.01) and a higher incidence of severe EMG findings (67% versus 27%). The syndrome occurred in the Prague patients mostly as an isolated diagnosis (in 81%), whereas in the patients from Albany it was mostly accompanied by other accompanying diagnoses (in 83%). In 90% of patients from Albany the syndrome developed at work characterized by repetitive light movements, whereas in 98% of the Prague patients it resulted from heavy physical work. The observed differences are apparently due to several causes. In addition to different structure of the industries a role is played by different diagnostic and evaluation crite- ria and also varied perception of health complaints or motivation for obtaining the status of occupational disease in the two populations.
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