Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Symptoms and Associated Risk Factors for Assembly Line workers Engaged in Shocker Manufacturing industries: A Study

Abstract

The Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) and associated risk factors for shocker manufacturing industries in Haryana were carried out. A comparison of CTS and other upper hand extremities amongst traditional and semi-ergonomic shocker manufacturing workers in actual industrial environment has been analysed through questionnaire and physical tests. Fisher#x2019;s exact test and #x2018;t#x2019; test are used for statistical data analysis. From Fisher#x2019;s exact test, it is observed that due to wrist/hand problems 80 % of traditional and 20 % of semi-ergonomic shocker manufacturing workers (p lt; 0.05), have been unable to perform the usual activities. The results reflect that the traditional shocker manufacturing workers are more CTS symptoms occurrence than the semi-ergonomic shocker manufacturing workers.