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Association Between Carpal Tunnel Syndrome And Usage Of Computer Keyboard And Mouse In Young, Adult And Middle-Aged Female Information Technology Professionals – A Survey Based Analysis
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RANGEELA , M, KARTHIK GANESH MOHANRAJ, DEEPIKA RAJENDRAN
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Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a compression neuropathy of the median nerve as it passes through the carpal tunnel. It is regarded as one of the most frequent compression neuropathies. In recent years, with the expanding use of computers, it has been a matter of concern if use of computers could be a risk factor for the development of CTS, and if so, should the condition be recognised as an occupational disease. This study was carried out in a self administration questionnaire format among 100 middle aged female IT professionals from chennai. The questionnaire was created on an online platform called survey planet. The questionnaire consisted of the major aspects of knowledge about Carpal tunnel syndrome and its symptoms. Microsoft excel spreadsheet was used to collect data and later exported to the statistical software SPSS. Based on the tabulated results, it is seen that IT professionals are not aware that they don't have enough knowledge about carpal tunnel syndrome. It is inferred that 69% of IT professionals are unaware of CTS. Among 100 participants more than 60% of them experienced tingling or numbness at least once a week in the last 3 months.It is inferred that the highest number of participants belonging to the 25 to 35 years age group(66%) reported felt numbness or hand pain while working on computers. This study shows that there is a strong association between carpal tunnel syndrome and computer, mouse and keyboard female workers. Thus the study emphasises that computer use does pose a severe occupational hazard for developing symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome.
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Carpal tunnel syndrome; median nerve; Nerve compression; IT professionals; Computer; Neuropathy.
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.SP2.104
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