Over the study period 33 workers reported having received a diagnosis of CTS with a mean time to first report of diagnosis of 2.4 (range 0.4 to 5.1) years.
Workers with any NCS abnormality at baseline were significantly more likely to report a diagnosis of CTS at follow-up.
The overall incidence rate of CTS diagnosis in the cohort was 8.7 per 1000 person years (PYs).