Word: tunnelling
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...Carpal tunnel a painful disorder which can leadto permanent impairment of the hand and which cancost as much as $30,000 per case to treat,according to the Federal Centers for DiseaseControl's National Institutes for OccupationalSafety and Health (NIOSH). The disorder is causedby increased pressure on the median nerve, whichserves the hands, as it runs within the "tunnel"formed by the carpal bones in the wrist...
...study, NIOSH projected the prevalenceof "medically-diagnosed" carpal tunnel syndrome at700,000 cases among the 72 percent of U.S.residents who had worked in the percent 12 months.More recently, officials reported that NIOSHreceived three times many requests for HealthHazard Evaluations of hand and wrist injuries in1992 as they...
...should the senior thesis writer whospent most of spring semester banging away at acomputer keyboard be worried about contractingcarpal tunnel syndrome, CTDs or tendonitis?According to Katz, the answer is a qualified...
...Students are not in the right age group [forcarpal tunnel syndrome]," says Skoff, who is aninstructor in orthopedic surgery at the MedicalSchool. "It starts more when people are in theirthirties, and the incidence grows by a percentageevery year...
...wrist injury. However,ever, extreme flexion or extension of the wrist,such as might be the result of keyboard work inawkward positions, could lead to injury. Theoverwhelming majority of such incidents instudents are not of the majority of such incidentsin students are not of the same serious nature ascarpal tunnel syndrome, but can cause discomfortwhen performing many tasks...