News Archive for May, 2006
Ultrasound Guides Tendonitis Treatment
In an article from Reuters Health, Megan Rauscher reports on a treatment for De Quervain’s Tendonitis (also known as “DeQuervain’s Disease” or “DeQuervain’s Syndrome”, which is an inflammation of the sheath or tunnel that surrounds two tendons that control movement of the thumb. This painful Repetitive Strain Injury is often treated with a shot of [...]
Don't Ignore RSI Pain
There’s a good article on the IT Analysis web site, about the dangers of repetitive strain injury (RSI) for IT (Information Technology) workers. In Warning! Computers Can Cripple You, Peter Abrahams of Bloor Research relates the interesting stories of two people who’ve suffered from the devastating effects of RSI. In both stories, the person involved [...]
A Better Video Game Controller?
Let’s face it, typical video game controllers are not an RSI sufferer’s best friend. The button-mashing and thumbstick-twirling that are typical of many video games can bring on Repetitive Strain Injury all by themselves. Personally, I’ve largely had to give up on video game consoles. I can only play for a short period of time [...]
VoiceCode – Speech Recognition For Programmers
VoiceCode is an open source project started by the National Research Council of Canada, to enable programmers with RSI to continue programming. As reported by New Scientist Magazine, the new speech recognition tool promises to “let programmers write clean code without ever having to lay a finger on their keyboard.” “Some estimates suggest 22% of [...]
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