Monday February 10, 2003

Repetitive Stress Injuries


Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Basic information on carpal tunnel syndrome from the Mayo Clinic. Sections cover symptoms, risks, screening and diagnosis, treatment, prevention, self-care, coping, and alternative medicine. Includes links to contributing factors, dealing with pain, and additional resources.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/home?id=DS00326


Ergonomics Homepage

With a goal of helping employers learn more about ergonomics - fitting the job to the worker - the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is maintaining this Web site on ergonomics and prevention of repetitive stress injuries. The site includes the standard, with information about musculoskeletal disorders (MSD); the Federal Register notice; an information kit, with information on practicing good ergonomics, benefits to business and to workers, and research information behind the regulations; a FAQ; and information on compliance assistance.

http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/ergonomics/


HealthyComputing

An easy-to-use, searchable site describing the importance of computer ergonomics and how to avoid computer-related injuries. It "contains tips on proper workstation setup, buyer's guides to ergonomic products, an encyclopedia of medical conditions associated with computer use, and a special section for common computer-related causes of discomfort and their potential fixes." See Ergonomics for kids, for healthy tips for youngsters.

http://www.healthycomputing.com/


Repetitive Strain Injury - Hidden Cost of Computing

How to prevent and cure it--plus links to related resources

http://webreference.com/rsi.html


Typing Injury FAQ

This educational site contains "a wide variety of information about repetitive strain injuries (RSIs), resources for dealing with these ailments, and a broad description of assistive products to reduce injury risk and symptoms." It contains mainly textual information on It also has an archive with a wide variety of collected articles on the subject

http://www.tifaq.com/

 


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