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20healthy volunteers
The wrist posture study on carpal tunnel pressure used 20 healthy people in a laboratory.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Twenty healthy subjects participated in a laboratory study to investigate the effects of typing at different wrist postures on carpal tunnel pressure of the right hand.”
Effect of Wrist Posture on Carpal Tunnel Pressure while Typing, David M. Rempel et al., Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 2008, Abstract.
Open the original (DOI 10.1002/jor.20599)- What it measures
- The sample was small and healthy, which limits how far the pressure results can be generalised to people with symptoms.
- What it does not show
- Only the right hand was measured.