- People with short, wide hands and square-shaped wrists may be more prone to carpal tunnel syndrome, a painful condition of the hands and wrists that often develops in workers who perform repetitive hand motions, says a study in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
- Carpal tunnel syndrome, or CTS, affects three times as many women as men and is caused by pressure on the median nerve that runs through the wrist into the hand.
- Symptoms include numbness, tingling and sudden, shooting pain up the arm.
Read the brief research report here. The study is modest, but it may be a step toward a new approach to dealing with this (costly and painful) modern health issue. I hope research will eventually result in a method for screening people who are at risk.
