Dear Amanda

There is a selection of mice and mice alternatives, including the Anir
Ergonomic Mouse "..that can really help RSI and ULD".

Regards

Donald Hughes

----- Original Message -----
From: "Amanda Dowson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 4:18 PM
Subject: Possible Work Related Upper Limb Disorder


> Help please !?
> I have a lady whose job involves data entry using keyboard and mouse;
> handwriting and filing.
> She has had a large amount of sickness absence due to pain in her wrist,
> corrective surgery - nerve release in forearm, carpel tunnel release and
> trigger finger correction on R arm
> She has been data entrying over the last 3 weeks and is now complaining of
> burning in wrist. She states that this is related to the mouse and not the
> keyboard (although there is an issue with managers about whether this was
> related to her other job that is keyobarding only not using the mouse).
She
> feels that the problem is related to her resting her wrist on the wrist
rest
> when using the mouse. I can appreciate that if she is resting on this area
> for a long time she is likely to have these problems.
> I wondered if there was a mouse about that took the weight of the hand /
> wrist area on the palm of the hand ? or is there another solution to this
> problem.
> Also, this lady is filing A3 landscape and A4 portrait documents into an
A3
> landscape ring binder file. There are about 200 documents in these files
at
> a ratio of 3 A4's to 1 A3. The weight is not what I would consider to be
> excessive, although we have discussed two handed holds etc.
> The pulling apart of the ring binders is causing a problem. This is an
> enforced movement with a slight twist in the wrists during the motion. It
is
> logical to us that we change these 500 files to level arch or clamp
binders,
> the Stores Manager is however unable to find a manufacturer of A3
landscape
> files that have level arch or clamp binders (with an additional problem of
> the spacing between the 4 holes being 76mm 90mm 76mm. The only thing we
have
> found that is a ring binder that opens by pressing on two tabs at either
end
> of the binding mechanism. This requires more effort than the ring binder
> pull. Is there an answer to this one ?
> Amanda Dowson
> Health Services Manager
> Bradford College
>