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From: trebor@biar.UUCP (Robert J Woodhead)
Newsgroups: comp.society.women
Subject: Re: Injuries from mouse device
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Date: 20 Jun 89 14:01:06 GMT
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In article <7214@ecsvax.UUCP> howard@cos.com (Howard C. Berkowitz) writes:
>My wife has developed a severe inflammation (tendosynovitis for sci.med)
>of her thumb and wrist following a period of extensive work (approximately
>12 hours per day for 7 days) with the Macintosh SE standard mouse.
>The problem seems due primarily to pressure from the "hump" of the 
>left front corner of the mouse against the ball of the thumb,
>and secondarily from her need to hold her wrist unsupported while
>using the mouse (her hand is not long enough to rest the wrist on
>the mouse pad).

Hmm.  I don't think she should be resting her wrist on the mouse pad.  For
me, the most comfortable method of mousing is with my arm off the table,
hand falling over the mouse like a net.  This moves the stress away from
the hand and wrist.

Your wife might try this.  She could, for example, get a small pillow or
cushion for her forearm and elbow that makes it comfortable to have the
wrist and forearm above the mouse.

Or she could try other mice.  There are several different styles available.

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