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Computer Related Repetitive Strain Injury.

http://www.engr.unl.edu/ee/eeshop/rsi.html

Put together by Paul Marxhausen, an engineering electronics technician at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln who suffers from RSI, this page is a good starting place for anyone seeking basic information about RSI. It defines different kinds of RSI, gives details of symptoms and offers tips for treatment with diagrams of proper posture and wrist placement. It also suggests books to read for further information and has links to other RSI-related sites.

 

Repetitive Stress Injury (RSI) Resource Library

http://www.deaflibrary.org/rsi.html

Karen Nakamura's extensive collection of links which she assembled in response to a friend's RSIs.
Karen is one very productive individual. Among many other things, she produces great software for interfacing GPS receivers with Macintoshes.

 

Typing Injury FAQ.

http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~dwallach/tifaq/

A home page constructed and maintained by a Princeton graduate student, Dan Wallach, who offers general information about typing injuries, an archive of medical documents, alternatives to keyboards and mice, and suggestions about office furniture.

 

Stretch Breaks.

http://www.virginia.edu/~enhealth/ERGONOMICS/stretch.html

Part of the University of Virginia site, this page offers stretches you can do for hands, shoulders, forearms and wrists to break up work sessions and prevent RSI. Pictures accompany the instructions.

 

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Home Page.

http://www.netaxs.com/~iris/cts/welcome.html

Maintained by Metro Smallwares, the creator of a prevention system for carpal tunnel syndrome, one form of RSI, this site offers a useful patient's guide to the anatomy of the wrist and hand, and to the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of the syndrome.

 

Index of Occupational Safety and Health Resources.

http://turva.me.tut.fi/~oshweb/

A clearinghouse for sites that deal with workplace safety. Click on "ergonomics/human factors" to get links to RSI home pages, corporate ergonomic sites, ergonomic societies and sites like Occupational Overuse, Office Working Postures and Computer-Related Repetitive Strain Injuries.

 

Seton On-Line Workplace Safety

http://www.seton.com/WebCatalog.cgi?m2=References+m1=graphics+cwd=/safeaid/aware

Maintained by Seton Identification Products, this site offers information about identifying and preventing RSI, as well as research being conducted on carpal tunnel syndrome. It also provides links to other RSI-related sites.

 

UMinn's Office Ergonomics Links
http://www.disserv.stu.umn.edu/TC/ergo/links/

UMinn's Office RSI Page
http://www.disserv.stu.umn.edu/disability/Repetative_Stress_Injuries/

 

Oosie Micropause software

http://www.franzo.co.nz/oosie/oosie.htm

Oosie Micropause software (helps you avoid OOS (Occupational Overuse Syndrome), or RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) by reminding you to Micropause and to Exercise:

 

Harvard RSI Action Home Page

http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/rsi/

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