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A 5 page research paper that examines carpal tunnel syndrome: its causes, the nature of the injury, treatment and the effectiveness of ergonomic programs designed to reduce repetitive motion injuries. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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hundreds of thousands of computer users each year, as well as others incurring repetitive motion injury to the wrist (Carpal Tunnel, 2000). The following examination of carpal tunnel syndrome looks
at its causes, the nature of the injury, treatment and the effectiveness of ergonomic programs designed to reduce repetitive motion injuries. Carpal tunnel syndrome occurs when the median nerve,
which runs from the forearm into the hand, becomes either pressure or squeezed repeatedly at the wrist (NIN, 2005). This nerve controls the sensations that an individual feels in the
palm side of the fingers and thumb, but not the little finger, as well as the electrical impulses that allow for movement in the fingers and thumb (NIN, 2005). The
carpal tunnel is a "narrow, rigid passageway" of ligament and bone at the base of the hand and houses the median nerves and tendons (NIN, 2005). Repeated motions that stress
this area can cause it to swell. Swelling narrows the tunnel and causes the nerve to be compressed (NIN, 2005). This can result in pain, weakness or numbness in the
hand and wrist and can radiate upwards on the arm. While pain in the wrist, arm or hand can be indicative of other conditions as well, carpal tunnel is the
most common and most widely reported repetitive strain injury (NIN, 2005). Symptoms typically start gradually with a feeling of burning, tingling or itching in the palm of the hand
and the fingers (NIN, 2005). Some suffers say that their fingers feel useless or swollen, even though little or no swelling is visible. The dominant hand is usually affected first
and women are three times more likely than men to develop carpal tunnel, perhaps because the tunnel itself is generally smaller in women (NIN, 2005). During 1998, an estimated three
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