The awareness of the possibility of the carpal tunnel syndrome occurrence in the people from the professional risk group
Keywords:
carpal tunnel syndrome, professional risk group, risk factors, awareness of carpal tunnel syndrome riskAbstract
Introduction: Carpal tunnel syndrome (cts) is the most common form of entrapment neuropathy of upper limb. Cts professional risk factors are very important ones.
The aim: The purpose of this thesis nos the evaluation of the awareness of the possibility of cts oc-currence in the people from the risk group. The level of the ailment and the differences of the awareness depending on the type of work performed were as well evaluated. The level of knowledge concerning cts, risk factors and prophylaxis were to be checked as sell.
Material and methods: Two professional groups (altogether 100 people) Isere included to the re-search. The first group consisted of white collar workers (50 people). The second group consisted of the workers of tailoring workshop and cleaners. The research stns carried by opinion poll method using straiten auditorium questionnaire. The questionnaire contained 38 questions including open and closed decision and completion questions.
The results of the research indicated that most of the examined employees were not aware that they belonged to the professional risk group. Presence of pain ailments is dependent on the type of work, the ailments are much more frequent in case of blue collar workers than in case of white collar workers. White collar workers are more aware than blue collar workers. The knowledge of the examined people concerning cts and risk factors is very low Majority of questioned people do not know which factors increase the risk of the occurrence of cts, and what prophylactic activities should be undertaken in order not to develop it.
Conclusion: It results from the carried research that the examined group, being the professional risk group, is not sufficiently assure of the risk of the occurrence of cts. So it is definitely necessary to im-prove the awareness of the people concerning the results of the non-ergonomic performance of profes-sional activities and the improvement of their working conditions.
Downloads
References
Banach M., Gryz E. A., Szczudlik A.: Zespół cieśni nadgarstka. Przegląd Lekarski 2004, 61 (2), 120–125.
Dakowicz A., Rutkowska I., Klimiuk P. A., Latosiewicz R., Niewiński A.: Oddziaływanie jonoforezy z jodku potasu i impulsowego pola elektromagnetycznego wielkiej częstotliwości w leczeniu zachowawczym zespołu cieśni kanału nadgarstka. Balneologia Polska 2007, 49 (2), 113–123.
Gasik R.: Problemy różnicowania zespołu cieśni kanału nadgarstka oraz radikulopatii C6 i C7. Reumatologia 2007, 45, 5, 294–298.
John M. Whitley, MD, PhD Dennis E. McDonnell, MD.: Zespół kanału nadgarstka. Medycyna po Dyplomie 1995 vol. 4/nr3/lipiec.
Kiwerska-Jagodzińska K., Mikuła W., Iwanowski M.: Postępowanie usprawniające po leczeniu operacyjnym zespołu kanału nadgarstka. Postępy Rehabilitacji XV, 2001, 1.
Lewczuk E., Affelska-Jercha A.: Zawodowe i pozazawodowe aspekty zespołu kanału nadgarstka. Medycyna Pracy 2002, 53, 5, 417–422.
Zwolińska J., Kwolek A., Skrzypiec J.: Skuteczność wybranych metod fizjoterapii w leczeniu zachowawczym zespołu cieśni nadgarstka (zcn), Przegląd Medyczny Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego, Rzeszów 2007, 3, 239–244.
Kmieciak Ł., Krekora K.: Etiologia i patofizjologia uszkodzenia nerwu pośrodkowego w zespole cieśni nadgarstka, Kwartalnik Ortopedyczny 2007 (2), 128–137.
Yassi A.: Repetitive strain injuries. Lancet 1997, 349, 943–947.
Dzierżanowski M., Skrzyński P., Buczek N.: Zespół cieśni kanału nadgarstka – etiologia, diagnostyka i leczenie. Kwartalnik Ortopedyczny 2008, 1, 39–56.
Brhel P., Dufekut J., Rihova A., Bartnicka M.: Rozwój zespołu cieśni nadgarstka (ZCN) po stwierdzeniu choroby zawodowej. Medycyna Pracy 2003, 54 (1), 17–21.
Bogucki A.: Leczenie zachowawcze zespołu cieśni nadgarstka [w:] Zespoły z ucisku: diagnostyka i leczenie, Materiały konferencyjne, Kraków 2003.
Paluch R., Jach K., Michalski R.: Obciążenie układu ruchu. Przyczyny i skutki, Wrocław 2006.
Biernawska J., Niemczyk A., Pierzchała K.: Udział czynników zawodowych i pozazawodowych w etiopatogenezie zespołu cieśni nadgarstka. Medycyna Pracy 2005, 56 (2), 131–137.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2010 Medical Journal of the Rzeszow University and the National Medicines Institute, Warsaw
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Our open access policy is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition: this means that articles have free availability on the public Internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from having access to the Internet itself.
All articles are published with free open access under the CC-BY Creative Commons attribution license (the current version is CC-BY, version 4.0). If you submit your paper for publication by the Eur J Clin Exp Med, you agree to have the CC-BY license applied to your work. Under this Open Access license, you, as the author, agree that anyone may download and read the paper for free. In addition, the article may be reused and quoted provided that the original published version is cited. This facilitates freedom in re-use and also ensures that Eur J Clin Exp Med content can be mined without barriers for the research needs.
