Abstract: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a condition that is quite common in the age of the work, the risk of CTS high in work involving pressure high exposure, high strength, repetitive work, and tools that vibrate Physical factors involved and studied extensively in work-related CTS include repetition, force, posture, external pressure, and getaran.Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is a mono-upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, caused by compression of the median nerve as it passes through the carpal tunnel to the wrist. The research objective To determine the prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome in adults in Sanglah General Hospital. This research is deskritifobservasional using cross-sectional approach to determine the number of cases of carpal tunnel syndrome in the General Hospital Sanglah, Denpasar Subjects in this study were all patients with carpal tunnel syndrome in the General Hospital Sanglah, Denpasar, Bali since January 2012 to December 2014. Looking at the data by age and gender who have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome most in the age group 41-55 years of 41.7%, by gender showed that patients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome most in the female gender by 62 , 5%.
Keywords: carpal tunnel syndrome mono-upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, compression of the median nerve.
Title: PREVALENCE OF CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME EVENTS AT SANGLAH GENERAL HOSPITAL DENPASAR IN 2012-2014
Author: Aditya Sanjaya, I Gusti Ngurah Wien Aryana, Gde Kambayana
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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