TY - JOUR
T1 - Postoffer pre-placement screening for carpal tunnel syndrome in newly hired manufacturing workers
AU - Dale, Ann Marie
AU - Gardner, Bethany T.
AU - Buckner-Petty, Skye
AU - Strickland, Jaime R.
AU - Evanoff, Bradley
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2016 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Objective: We determined the predictive validity of a postoffer pre-placement (POPP) screen using nerve conduction velocity studies (NCV) to identify future cases of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Methods: A cohort of 1648 newly hired manufacturing production workers underwent baseline NCS, and were followed for 5 years. Results: There was no association between abnormal POPP NCV results and incident CTS. Varying NCV diagnostic cut-offs did not improve predictive validity. Workers in jobs with high hand/ wrist exposure showed greater risk of CTS than those in low exposed jobs (relative risk 2.82; 95%confidence interval 1.52 to 5.22). Conclusions: POPP screening seems ineffective as a preventive strategy for CTS.
AB - Objective: We determined the predictive validity of a postoffer pre-placement (POPP) screen using nerve conduction velocity studies (NCV) to identify future cases of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Methods: A cohort of 1648 newly hired manufacturing production workers underwent baseline NCS, and were followed for 5 years. Results: There was no association between abnormal POPP NCV results and incident CTS. Varying NCV diagnostic cut-offs did not improve predictive validity. Workers in jobs with high hand/ wrist exposure showed greater risk of CTS than those in low exposed jobs (relative risk 2.82; 95%confidence interval 1.52 to 5.22). Conclusions: POPP screening seems ineffective as a preventive strategy for CTS.
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000891
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000891
M3 - Article
C2 - 27930481
AN - SCOPUS:85007309654
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 58
SP - 1212
EP - 1216
JO - Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
JF - Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
IS - 12
ER -