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Causes of Hand Tingling in Visual Display Terminal Workers
OBJECTIVE: To offer the basic data about the causes and distribution of hand tingling, symptoms and physical findings, and pressure pain threshold in desk workers. METHODS: Five physiatrists participated in the screening test composed of history and physical examination. A total of 876 desk workers...
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Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3660483/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23705117 http://dx.doi.org/10.5535/arm.2013.37.2.221 |
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author | Oh, Sein Kim, Hyung Kuk Kwak, Jehwan Kim, Taikon Jang, Seong Ho Lee, Kyu Hoon Kim, Mi Jung Park, Si-Bog Han, Seung Hoon |
author_facet | Oh, Sein Kim, Hyung Kuk Kwak, Jehwan Kim, Taikon Jang, Seong Ho Lee, Kyu Hoon Kim, Mi Jung Park, Si-Bog Han, Seung Hoon |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To offer the basic data about the causes and distribution of hand tingling, symptoms and physical findings, and pressure pain threshold in desk workers. METHODS: Five physiatrists participated in the screening test composed of history and physical examination. A total of 876 desk workers were evaluated and of them 37 subjects with hand tingling were selected. For further analyzing, detailed history taking and meticulous physical examination were taken. Pressure pain threshold (PPT) at the infraspinatus, upper trapezius, flexor carpi radialis, rhomboideus, and flexor pollicis longus were examined. PPT measurements were repeated three times with two minute intervals by a pressure algometer. Electrodiagnostic study was done to detect potential neurologic abnormalities. RESULTS: The causes of hand tingling in order of frequency were: myofascial pain syndrome, 68%; cervical radiculopathy, 27%; rotator cuff syndrome, 11%; tenosynovitis, 8%; and carpal tunnel syndrome, 5%. The location of trigger points in the myofascial pain syndrome, which were proven to evoke a tingling sensation to the hand in order of frequency were: infraspinatus, 65.4%; upper trapezius, 57.7%; flexor carpi radialis, 38.5%; rhomboideus 15.4%; and flexor pollicis longus 11.5%. The PPT of the affected side was significantly lower than that of the unaffected side in myofascial pain syndrome (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: The most common cause of hand tingling in desk workers was myofascial pain syndrome rather than carpal tunnel syndrome. Common trigger points to evoke hand tingling were in the infraspinatus and upper trapezius. |
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spelling | pubmed-36604832013-05-23 Causes of Hand Tingling in Visual Display Terminal Workers Oh, Sein Kim, Hyung Kuk Kwak, Jehwan Kim, Taikon Jang, Seong Ho Lee, Kyu Hoon Kim, Mi Jung Park, Si-Bog Han, Seung Hoon Ann Rehabil Med Original Article OBJECTIVE: To offer the basic data about the causes and distribution of hand tingling, symptoms and physical findings, and pressure pain threshold in desk workers. METHODS: Five physiatrists participated in the screening test composed of history and physical examination. A total of 876 desk workers were evaluated and of them 37 subjects with hand tingling were selected. For further analyzing, detailed history taking and meticulous physical examination were taken. Pressure pain threshold (PPT) at the infraspinatus, upper trapezius, flexor carpi radialis, rhomboideus, and flexor pollicis longus were examined. PPT measurements were repeated three times with two minute intervals by a pressure algometer. Electrodiagnostic study was done to detect potential neurologic abnormalities. RESULTS: The causes of hand tingling in order of frequency were: myofascial pain syndrome, 68%; cervical radiculopathy, 27%; rotator cuff syndrome, 11%; tenosynovitis, 8%; and carpal tunnel syndrome, 5%. The location of trigger points in the myofascial pain syndrome, which were proven to evoke a tingling sensation to the hand in order of frequency were: infraspinatus, 65.4%; upper trapezius, 57.7%; flexor carpi radialis, 38.5%; rhomboideus 15.4%; and flexor pollicis longus 11.5%. The PPT of the affected side was significantly lower than that of the unaffected side in myofascial pain syndrome (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: The most common cause of hand tingling in desk workers was myofascial pain syndrome rather than carpal tunnel syndrome. Common trigger points to evoke hand tingling were in the infraspinatus and upper trapezius. Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine 2013-04 2013-04-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3660483/ /pubmed/23705117 http://dx.doi.org/10.5535/arm.2013.37.2.221 Text en Copyright © 2013 by Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Oh, Sein Kim, Hyung Kuk Kwak, Jehwan Kim, Taikon Jang, Seong Ho Lee, Kyu Hoon Kim, Mi Jung Park, Si-Bog Han, Seung Hoon Causes of Hand Tingling in Visual Display Terminal Workers |
title | Causes of Hand Tingling in Visual Display Terminal Workers |
title_full | Causes of Hand Tingling in Visual Display Terminal Workers |
title_fullStr | Causes of Hand Tingling in Visual Display Terminal Workers |
title_full_unstemmed | Causes of Hand Tingling in Visual Display Terminal Workers |
title_short | Causes of Hand Tingling in Visual Display Terminal Workers |
title_sort | causes of hand tingling in visual display terminal workers |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3660483/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23705117 http://dx.doi.org/10.5535/arm.2013.37.2.221 |
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