Investigation of risk factors for the carpal tunnel syndrome in healthy young population

In this study, it was aimed to investigate the prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome risk factors in the young population by studying in Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine. For this purpose, 300 students (150 males and 150 females) aged between 18 and 25 years studying at Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine were evaluated for hand and wrist. Information about demographic characteristics and weight and height were obtained. Then, hand and wrist measurements were made by using digital caliper. These measurements include wrist depth, wrist width and palm length. Depending on these measurements, the wrist rate and the wrist palm ratio were calculated. SPSS 20.0 program was used for statistical analysis. When all individuals were evaluated together; There was statistically significant difference in terms of wrist width, wrist depth, palm length and wrist palm ratio according to gender (p <0.001). The wrist ratio does not show a significant difference between men and women. In this study, we investigated the risk factors of carpal tunnel syndrome. It is thought that carpal tunnel syndrome prevalence and hand and wrist measurements will be used in young population who use their hands very actively.