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Abstract

Apparatus for providing an indication of susceptibility of a person to incur carpal tunnel syndrome by establishing a ratio of thickness to width of the person's wrist. A generally L-shaped housing has a first slide member coupled to a first arm and a second slide member coupled to a second arm. Each of the slide members has an element extends substantially perpendicularly to a direction of sliding motion of a corresponding slide member. Each of the elements extends into a space between the arms about an included angle defined by a juncture of the arms and each of the slide members has overlapping edges at their respective ends adjacent the juncture of the arms. The overlapping edges define a line bisecting the juncture when the height to width ratio of an area defined by the extending elements and the arms of the housing is approximately 0.7. The overlapping edges define a point on a predetermined side of the line indicating a ratio greater than about 0.7 when the person has a relatively higher susceptibility to carpal tunnel syndrome.

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