Re: A question not just for Natasha and Muse but everyone...

Patrick Wilken (patrickw@cs.monash.edu.au)
Wed, 13 Oct 1999 12:51:48 +1000 (EST)

> Oh, heres one for ya: I didnt touch a keyboard for almost 2
> weeks and the wrists actually got worse during the end of
> that time. Ive long suspected there are other causes more
> important than keyboard use. eh Eliezer? spike

The latest thoughts on RSI are that they are caused by 'blurred' mappings of the fingers on the motor cortex. Perhaps bad typists are particularly prone to RSI for this reason. From this point of view resting the hands will do nothing to improve things; what is needed is appropriate exercises to remap which fingers go where.

ciao, patrick