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From: gdavis@primate.wisc.edu (Gary Davis)
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Subject: Re: Computer-Aided Illness/New disease vector?
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Date: 26 Feb 90 16:01:06 GMT
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From article <3026@draken.nada.kth.se>, by ianf@nada.kth.se (Ian Feldman):
> In article <22351.25e565db@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> 1k1mgm@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>> "My god," I said.  "I've got MOUSE ELBOW."
> 
>   (c) set up Menu-command-aliases where appropriate, to replace as many
>       mouse-events as possible and QuicKeys to navigate between

>       other utilities and it's `good-bye ye olde mousee'.
> 
It's repetitive movements without changing arm position that can
cause disorders like mouse elbow or carpal tunnel syndrome.
Using the keyboard heavily is well known to lead to the latter
problem, which is apparently much more common than mouse elbow.

The recommendation I've seen for decreasing the chance of CTS is to
shift arm position occasionally. So it seems to me that switching
between mouse and keyboard is a good way to decrease your chance
of coming down with one of these disorders.

Of course, it's possible that individuals may differ in their
susceptibility to one or the other problems. So the optimal
mix of keyboard and mouse activity may be different for different
people.

Gary Davis