Subjects:  1. Medical    2. Medical / Nursing    3. Neurology - General    4. Surgery - General    5. Surgery - Neurosurgery    6. Surgery - Plastic & Cosmetic    7. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome    8. Endoscopic Surgery    9. Medical / Surgery / Neurosurgery    10. Nerve Entrapment    11. Peripheral Nerve Surgery    12. Surgery   

Subjects:  1. Evaluation    2. Human engineering    3. Industrial laws and legislation    4. Industrial safety    5. Occupational Safety and Health Administration    6. Overuse injuries    7. United States   

Subjects:  1. Carpal tunnel syndrome    2. Exercise therapy    3. Handbooks, manuals, etc    4. Prevention   

Subjects:  1. Carpal tunnel syndrome    2. Data processing   

Subjects:  1. Carpal tunnel syndrome   

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Excellent coverage of the quiet epidemic of the computer age
An excellent sourcebook covering all aspects of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) the new epidemic of the technological age. You may have RSI and not even know it, and if you are reading this review you are definitely at risk for it (computer users are particularly at risk). Almost two-thirds of all workplace injuries in the U.S. are caused by it.The author, a newspaper reporter, describes the injury, what causes it, how to recognize if you have it, how to avoid it if you don't yet have it, the various treatments available, and how it is likely to affect your life outside the workplace. To illustrate each chapter, the author has included interviews with RSI victims from across the country. She concludes with a description of her own affliction with RSI, a story that is searing, yet ultimately uplifting.The most important value of this book is not just that it is a comprehensive review of this disease, but even more importantly, that it calls attention to a disease that can be truly thought of as the new plague of the twentieth century, a disease that has so far claimed its victims in silence. What is particularly insidious about RSI is that unlike the other epidemics that afflicted humankind, the contagion is not spread from person to person, but from machine to person, meaning the epidemic will increase just about as fast as our use of computer keyboards increases. Because this epidemic is not transmitted in the way previous epidemics have been, it has remained a silent yet increaing crippler of otherwise healthy and productive adults.The public awareness that will be required to halt the spread of this disease can be found in the pages of this book.I highly recommend it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Carpal tunnel syndrome    2. Cumulative trauma disorders    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. Diseases - Musculoskeletal    5. Health/Fitness    6. Medical    7. Orthopedics    8. Overuse injuries    9. Popular works    10. Work-Related Health    11. Coping with illness    12. Occupational / industrial health & safety    13. Popular medicine    14. Rheumatology   

Subjects:  1. Industrial hygiene    2. Management    3. Overuse injuries    4. Prevention   

Subjects:  1. Desks    2. Health aspects    3. Microcomputers    4. Overuse injuries    5. Prevention   

Subjects:  1. Handbooks, manuals, etc    2. Human engineering    3. Musculoskeletal system    4. Overuse injuries    5. Pain    6. Paper industry workers    7. Prevention   

Subjects:  1. Carpal tunnel syndrome    2. Insurance, Employers' liability    3. Treatment    4. United States    5. Workers' compensation   

Subjects:  1. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome   

Subjects:  1. Colorado    2. Health and hygiene    3. Human engineering    4. Musculoskeletal system    5. Overuse injuries    6. Postal service    7. Prevention    8. United States Postal Service   

Subjects:  1. Carpal tunnel syndrome    2. Health in mass media    3. Reporting    4. United States   

Subjects:  1. Industrial hygiene    2. Industrial safety    3. Management    4. Overuse injuries    5. Prevention   

Subjects:  1. Carpal tunnel syndrome    2. First aid in illness and injury    3. Handbooks, manuals, etc   

Subjects:  1. Carpal tunnel syndrome    2. Data processing   

Subjects:  1. Australia    2. Management    3. Overuse injuries    4. Study and teaching   

Subjects:  1. Carpal tunnel syndrome    2. Medical / Nursing    3. Neurology - General    4. Popular works   

Subjects:  1. Carpal tunnel syndrome    2. Data processing    3. Neural conduction    4. Neuropathy   

Subjects:  1. Human engineering    2. Overuse injuries