Description of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome
Keywords:
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME/therapyAbstract
A descriptive study of patients diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome was carried out at
“Manuel Piti Fajardo” Teaching Polyclinic of Las Tunas, from January to December, 2008.
The study was aimed at describing them clinically and epidemiologically. The sample was
made up of 50 patients older than 14 years old, who were characterized according to: age,
sex, individual pathological antecedents factors associated to the triggering of their
symptomatology, as well as clinical signs and symptoms. The results were processed using
the descriptive statistics by means of percentage analysis. The prevailing results were: female
patients, for a 76%; 41 to 50 age group, for a 40%; antecedents of osteoarthrosis, for a 34%.
The factor which triggered the onset of the symptoms was the occupation of office worker, for
a 46%, while 4 patients (8%) came to the consultation office with more than 6 months of
symptom evolution.
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