Editing Carpal tunnel syndrome (section)

=== Associated conditions ===
A variety of patient factors can lead to CTS, including heredity, size of the carpal tunnel, associated local and systematic diseases, and certain habits.<ref name="uptodate.com">{{Cite web | vauthors = Scott KR, Kothari MJ |date=October 5, 2009 |title=Treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome |publisher=[[UpToDate]] | url=https://www.uptodate.com/contents/carpal-tunnel-syndrome-treatment-and-prognosis}}</ref> Non-traumatic causes generally happen over a period of time, and are not triggered by one certain event. Many of these factors are manifestations of physiologic aging.<ref name=Stevens_1992>{{cite journal | vauthors = Stevens JC, Beard CM, O'Fallon WM, Kurland LT | title = Conditions associated with carpal tunnel syndrome | journal = Mayo Clinic Proceedings | volume = 67 | issue = 6 | pages = 541–548 | date = June 1992 | pmid = 1434881 | doi = 10.1016/S0025-6196(12)60461-3 }}</ref>