Valenti Jasmin, Bukowiec Lainey G, Rhee Peter
School of Medicine, Hackensack University Medical Center, Nutley, USA.
Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA.
Cureus. 2024 Jun 14;16(6):e62369. doi: 10.7759/cureus.62369. eCollection 2024 Jun.
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic prompted individuals to make a number of lifestyle alterations. Few studies have examined the development of any hand and/or arm dysfunctions that may have resulted. The purpose of this study was to identify hand and/or arm overuse injuries that may have occurred as a result of the stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods A Google Trends analysis of the terms "hand pain," "carpal tunnel syndrome," "cubital tunnel syndrome," "trigger finger," "de Quervain tenosynovitis," "elbow pain," "tennis elbow," "golfer's elbow," "thumb base arthritis," and "extensor carpi ulnaris tenosynovitis" in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and India was performed from June 2019 to January 2023. The noted timeframe was divided into quarters of 47 weeks, with the first quarter (June 2, 2019, through April 19, 2020) serving as a pre-pandemic baseline. The analysis compared initial results noted in the first quarter to individual results from the second, third, and fourth quarters. Results The most notable findings were the upward trends of the terms "hand pain," "carpal tunnel," and "trigger finger." Specifically, India showed a significant increase in the terms "hand pain" and "carpal tunnel syndrome" in the second, third, and fourth quarters. The United States additionally showed a significant upward trend in the terms "carpal tunnel syndrome" and "trigger finger" in the second, third, and fourth quarters. The United Kingdom also reported a significant upward trend in the term "trigger finger" in the second, third, and fourth quarters. Conclusion Numerous factors likely contributed to the increased interest in these terms, such as the increase in telework and associated mobile device usage due to lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic. Movements associated with performing these tasks may have led to an increased prevalence of hand pain, thus prompting increased queries of these terms through an online search engine.
新冠疫情促使人们在生活方式上做出了诸多改变。很少有研究探讨由此可能导致的手部和/或手臂功能障碍。本研究的目的是确定在新冠疫情期间居家令可能导致的手部和/或手臂过度使用损伤。方法：对2019年6月至2023年1月期间美国、英国、加拿大和印度的“手部疼痛”“腕管综合征”“肘管综合征”“扳机指”“桡骨茎突狭窄性腱鞘炎”“肘部疼痛”“网球肘”“高尔夫球肘”“拇指基底关节炎”和“尺侧腕伸肌腱鞘炎”等术语进行谷歌趋势分析。所记录的时间范围被划分为47周的季度，第一季度（2019年6月2日至2020年4月19日）作为疫情前的基线。该分析将第一季度记录的初始结果与第二、第三和第四季度的个体结果进行比较。结果：最显著的发现是“手部疼痛”“腕管”和“扳机指”等术语呈上升趋势。具体而言，印度在第二、第三和第四季度“手部疼痛”和“腕管综合征”术语显著增加。美国在第二、第三和第四季度“腕管综合征”和“扳机指”术语也呈显著上升趋势。英国在第二、第三和第四季度“扳机指”术语也报告了显著上升趋势。结论：许多因素可能导致了对这些术语关注度的增加，比如新冠疫情期间因封锁导致远程工作及相关移动设备使用增加。执行这些任务相关的动作可能导致手部疼痛患病率增加，从而促使通过在线搜索引擎对这些术语的查询增多。
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