Upper limb performance across temperature extremes: evaluating functional risks in carpal tunnel syndrome and healthy workers
Shahed Obeidat, Mustafa Rawshdeh, Bandar Alzahrani, Moayad Tanash, Abdullah Al-Hjjaji · 2025
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Description
Obeidat and co-authors test how hot and cold conditions affect hand performance in workers with and without carpal tunnel syndrome, in a 2025 study. The syndrome compresses a wrist nerve and weakens grip and dexterity. Twelve volunteers, six with the condition, cooled their arms in 10 degree water, warmed them at 35 degrees, then rested at room temperature. At each stage they took gross motor, fine motor, and grip strength tests.
Temperature shifts changed dexterity and strength in clear ways. Men's results swung more across temperatures than women's. Sex mattered for gross motor scores but not fine motor ones. Participants with the syndrome varied more on fine motor tasks than healthy peers. The findings help set safer thermal conditions for manual work.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Shahed Obeidat, Mustafa Rawshdeh, Bandar Alzahrani, Moayad Tanash, Abdullah Al-Hjjaji |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |