Factores de riesgo para síndrome del túnel carpiano en el personal de salud.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common entrapment mononeuropathy, it occurs more frequently in women and its prevalence increases with age. The most common symptom is numbness. Its management can be conservative or surgical depending on the degree of involvement. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome in health personnel through a systematic review. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The following research work was developed based on scientific articles obtained from search engines such as: PUBMED, GOOGLE SCHOLAR AND SCIELO. The articles are indexed to journal quartiles one and two of the last five years. CONCLUSION: Carpal tunnel syndrome can occur due to various personal risk factors, but also occupational ones. Health personnel have factors that are considered ergonomic risks for the development of this syndrome. In this review, nurses, radiology technicians and laboratory workers were found to be the hospital workers who most frequently present this pathology. Doctors and doctors can also develop it, but the risk will depend on the area or specialty in which they work, being more common to find physiotherapists, gastroenterologists who perform endoscopy or urologists who practice endourology with carpal tunnel syndrome.