{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Rempel D"],"funding":["NCATS NIH HHS","NIOSH CDC HHS"],"pagination":["98-104"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4440794"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["57(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objective</h4>Evaluate associations between personal and workplace factors and median nerve conduction latency at the wrist.<h4>Methods</h4>Baseline data on workplace psychosocial and physical exposures were pooled from four prospective studies of production and service workers (N = 2396). During the follow-up period, electrophysiologic measures of median nerve function were collected at regular intervals.<h4>Results</h4>Significant adjusted associations were observed between age, body mass index, sex, peak hand force, duration of forceful hand exertions, Threshold Limit Value for Hand Activity Limit, forceful repetition rate, wrist extension, and decision latitude on median nerve latencies.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Occupational and nonoccupational factors have adverse effects on median nerv"],"journal":["Journal of occupational and environmental medicine"],"pubmed_title":["Personal and workplace factors and median nerve function in a pooled study of 2396 US workers."],"pmcid":["PMC4440794"],"funding_grant_id":["UL1 TR000448","R01 OH009712","R01OH009712"],"pubmed_authors":["Garg A","Hegmann KT","Kapellusch J","Gerr F","Evanoff B","Bao S","Silverstein B","Rempel D","Burt S","Dale AM","Thiese MS","Merlino L","Harris-Adamson C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Personal and workplace factors and median nerve function in a pooled study of 2396 US workers.","description":"<h4>Objective</h4>Evaluate associations between personal and workplace factors and median nerve conduction latency at the wrist.<h4>Methods</h4>Baseline data on workplace psychosocial and physical exposures were pooled from four prospective studies of production and service workers (N = 2396). During the follow-up period, electrophysiologic measures of median nerve function were collected at regular intervals.<h4>Results</h4>Significant adjusted associations were observed between age, body mass index, sex, peak hand force, duration of forceful hand exertions, Threshold Limit Value for Hand Activity Limit, forceful repetition rate, wrist extension, and decision latitude on median nerve latencies.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Occupational and nonoccupational factors have adverse effects on median nerv","dates":{"release":"2015-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2015 Jan","modification":"2026-05-29T21:55:24.989Z","creation":"2019-03-27T01:52:03Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4440794","cross_references":{"pubmed":["25563546"],"doi":["10.1097/JOM.0000000000000312","10.1097/jom.0000000000000312"]}}