On 2/18/01, Anna Lee<[log in to unmask]> writes:
<< Sorry, OOS stands for Occupational Overuse Syndrome - the old RSI or
repetition strain injury. Here in Australia, we changed the name because RSI
was a misnomer - did not really reflect the condition at all because RSI was
not always caused by repetition and not a true injury as such and it had a
huge stigma when the epidemic came through. >>
*** There has always been some disagreement over what so-called RSI injuries
should be called. Even attempts to rectify the misconception that repetition
was always an aetiological factor in their onset did not take into account
the occurrence of that type of injury among those who manually handled loads
at slow speeds or isometrically, or manoeuvred them using poor body
mechanics. Thus it has become apparent that overuse may not even be an
appropriate part of the name for describing these conditions. This is
because they tend to fall into the even broader category of what in sports
medicine are called "overtraining" injuries, which comprise injuries due to
overuse (i.e., repetition related) or overload (i.e. intensity related).
Possibly a term such as OSS (Occupational Stress Syndrome) would be more
appropriate and all inclusive than a term like OOS, which tends to
overemphasize the role played by "overuse" which, among other things, does
not take into account the central role played by inappropriate occupational
biomechanics in producing these types of trauma. What do the rest of you
think?
Dr Mel C Siff
Denver, USA
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Supertraining/
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