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...much as $30,000 per case to treat,according to the Federal Centers for DiseaseControl's National Institutes for OccupationalSafety and Health (NIOSH). The disorder is causedby increased pressure on the median nerve, whichserves the hands, as it runs within the "tunnel"formed by the carpal bones in the wrist...
...study, NIOSH projected the prevalenceof "medically-diagnosed" carpal tunnel syndrome at700,000 cases among the 72 percent of U.S.residents who had worked in the percent 12 months.More recently, officials reported that NIOSHreceived three times many requests for HealthHazard Evaluations of hand and wrist injuries in1992 as they...
While the relationship between CTDs andrepetitive wrist movements is still a topic ofcontroversy, doctor say that job tasks involvinghand motions which are repetitious, forceful andperformed continuously without, rest can lead toCTDs and tendonitis, especially when performedwith a bent wrist...
Nancy Curtin, an industrial hygienist with theUniversity's Office of Environmental Health andSafety (EHS), says that with the computer boom,wrist injuries are showing up in situations neveranticipated by experts...
Typing itself, if done properly, does not seemto increase the risk of wrist injury. However,ever, extreme flexion or extension of the wrist,such as might be the result of keyboard work inawkward positions, could lead to injury. Theoverwhelming majority of such incidents instudents are not of the majority of such incidentsin students are not of the same serious nature ascarpal tunnel syndrome, but can cause discomfortwhen performing many tasks...