Word: keyboards
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...experiences of my computer life, right up there with assignment 8 from CS50. I bought this book by Emil Pascarelli, "Repetitive Strain Injuries: A Computer User's Guide." I can't wait to go home. One week of rest and I'll be ready to jump back on the keyboard...
...class of injuries associated with minute, repetitive movements, especially typing. It has been around for at least a few hundred years in such fields as meatpacking, but only recently have cases mounted in number since the proliferation of computers and the high-speed input method of keyboard typing...
...computer-use-induced RSI goes, the contributing factors include body positioning in relation to the keyboard, mouse and monitor; typing technique; posture; sleep; diet; religion and hair color...
...numbness in wrists and arms as well as decreased dexterity in the fingers. The most frequent cause of RSI, at least for college students, is excess work at computer stations--especially in our rooms and on our particularly damaging laptops. Ideally, monitors should be at eye-level and keyboards should be positioned so that the user can type comfortably with unbent wrists. Wrist pads for the keyboard and mouse can in fact hinder proper hand position, though the evidence is inconclusive. Trackball devices are recommended by some sufferers as healthier alternatives to the mouse. Some advise keeping your hands warm...
...useful for those of us who frequent the area, but the majority of Harvard students work in their rooms, at computers placed on desks too high for healthy typing position. The University should continue its replacement of the old desks in the houses with newer desks with pull-out keyboard drawers to put typists' hands at the right level. In addition to preventative measures, the University must make efforts to extend resources to the rapidly increasing number of students already afflicted with...