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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...like Wired and PCWeek worry that "Nintendo thumb" in children might prove an early harbinger of future RSI troubles. Podolsky sees this exponential growth in computer time behind what has been perceived as the ephemeral public life of RSIs. "In the past," she pointed out, "it was a bigger deal in grad schools." While the RSI Action Group, an undergraduate organization, was founded this year, its graduate school analog is already four years old. And now that many undergraduates are already dismissing the disease as old news, Podolsky reports meeting first-years who are recovering from RSIs developed in high...
...when Alicia and her brother and sister made a special dinner in the cellar. They set up a table and had candlelight, and they ordered pizza. Alicia made me get dressed up but didn't tell what for. It was a surprise--it was a really big deal. We had Hostess Cup Cakes for dessert... or Devil Dogs or maybe it was Twinkies. Anyway, they made me gifts--sticks. I got three different painted sticks from my kids. They were even wrapped up in yarn. I used to like it when they made me gifts. If I could have that...
...origins. Why haven t we heard of it before? Dr. Coley answers that RSIs are not new. In fact, "cumulative stress disorders," as he calls them, have been "well-known in a few professions for a long time. Meatpackers, as well as truck drivers and seamstresses, have had to deal with RSIs for years. The best known among those trades was carpal tunnel syndrome, an inflammation of the nerves in the forearm that often resulted from strenuous work with heavy vibrations-something along the lines of working a jackhammer. Only now that everybody habitually performs the repetitive action of typing...
...better. I bought the new keyboard, had the tray, had the chair, and have been typing the whole year. Now my back and neck are still a little problematic but I don t say I have RSI anymore. I have a bad back." If it wants to deal with the problem, he believes, the University has a responsibility to "install the proper workstations in every single room. If they want you to live on campus and they re going to provide you with a desk, they should supply you with the correct desk...since they supply you with a desk...
...only institution that can deal with this, Gephardt said, is the public school system...