derek@psych.uq.oz (Derek Austin) (08/30/85)
Someone here has just been diagnosed as suffering from RSI (Is this term in use outside Australia?) which he has got from using a Macintosh Mouse. He's a dedicated Mac user of some 12 months and is now in a position where he isn't supposed to do anything with his right hand for a couple of weeks. He just returned from physiotherapy where they had his hand in ice for half an hour. This is the first case on this campus of anyone getting tenosynivitis from a mouse and I was wondering if anyone else has come across similar instances elsewhere or knew of any research dealing specifically with mouse RSI? In any case, this should serve as a WARNING that mice can be as hazardous to health as any keyboard. -- ACSnet: derek@psych.uq.oz ARPA: derek%psych.uq.oz@seismo.css.gov CSnet: derek@psych.uq.oz UUCP: ..!seismo!munnari!psych.uq.oz!derek