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  1. Comment - Study Refutes Keyboard, Carpal Link

    (Dec 16, 2005 - 8:52 PM)

    We have also done research on Carpal Tunnel and you are correct. However there are other factors at play regarding the median nerve, the one that "causes" CTS.

    Keyboard Related Injuries Hit Hard

    The virtual epidemic of keyboard-related injuries has hit our computer-driven workplace, as well as home users, bringing with it everything from tingling and numbness to intense pain and even disability. So far traditional treatments have failed provide relief.

    It’s Not Traditional Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

    Traditional treatments like rigid splints and braces and even last resort hand surgery have been of limited use to today’s computer users. These treatments may even make symptoms worse because they were designed for sufferers of traditional carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) which is caused by internal pressure on the median nerve at the base of the hand. The painful problems that plague keyboard and mouse users come from an entirely different, external source.

    Computer-Associates Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

    Sufferers of computer-associates CTS exhibit many symptoms similar to traditional case says of carpal tunnel syndrome and repetitive stress injuries. However most computer users’ problems are caused not by internal pressure, but by the direct external pressure that is applied to the wrist while working with the keyboard or mouse. Common keyboarding posture concentrates the full weight of a hand and arm on one square inch of the wrist directly over the vulnerable median nerve causing a distinctly new type of CTS.

    Clinical Research

    Our study of data entry personnel and medical transcriptionists statistically proved the effectiveness of softFlex Computer Gloves. Over 75% of the symptomatic computer users in our study showed marked improvement after just six weeks of wearing the gloves and 25% were cured of their symptoms.

    Please note that this article was written by SoftFlex and I work for SoftFlex. The point is that it is not CTS and we agree with Ed Oswald.