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Inclusion and exclusion criteria for study selection
| Inclusion | Exclusion |
|---|---|
| Study design: Case control, cross sectional, cohort | Anecdotes or case series |
| Participants: Workers | Unadjusted by age or gender |
| Outcome: CTS (measure of effect: OR and RR) | Missing RR and CI |
| Adjusted by age/gender | — |
| Measure of exposure to wrist posture | — |
| Published after 1980 | — |
| Article in English | — |
CI, confidence interval; CTS, carpal tunnel syndrome; OR, odds ratio; RR, relative risk.
