Biomechanical and psychosocial exposures are independent risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome: assessment of confounding using causal diagrams

Carisa Harris-Adamson; Ellen A Eisen; Andreas Neophytou; Jay Kapellusch; Arun Garg; Kurt T Hegmann; Matthew S Thiese; Ann Marie Dale; Bradley Evanoff; Stephen Bao; Barbara Silverstein; Fred Gerr; Susan Burt; David Rempel

doi:10.1136/oemed-2016-103634

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Biomechanical and psychosocial exposures are independent risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome: assessment of confounding using causal diagrams

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Carisa Harris-Adamson Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ellen A Eisen Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Andreas Neophytou Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jay Kapellusch Center for Ergonomics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Arun Garg Center for Ergonomics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kurt T Hegmann Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (RMCOEH), University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Matthew S Thiese Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (RMCOEH), University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ann Marie Dale Division of General Medical Science, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Bradley Evanoff Division of General Medical Science, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stephen Bao Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention (SHARP) Program, Olympia, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Barbara Silverstein Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention (SHARP) Program, Olympia, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Fred Gerr Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa, College of Public Health, Iowa City, Iowa, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Susan Burt formerly with National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health, Atlanta, Georgia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David Rempel Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Carisa Harris-Adamson, University of California, San Francisco, 1301 South 46th Street, Bldg 163, Richmond, CA 94804, USA; carisa.harris-adamson{at}ucsf.edu

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Harris-Adamson C, Eisen EA, Neophytou A, et al

Biomechanical and psychosocial exposures are independent risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome: assessment of confounding using causal diagrams

Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2016;73:727-734.

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Received February 18, 2016
Revised June 16, 2016
Accepted July 1, 2016
First published July 27, 2016.

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October 14, 2016

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