that these incidences are not the growing menace often reported in the media,” said PJ Edington, Executive Director of the Center for Office Technology.” (http://www.cot.org/rmi97.html). The office sector (typists) would seem to have one of the highest number of all repetitive motion events, but do to ergonomical changes in the office this number has drastically dropped.With all the new ergonomical hardware and software available today for businesses and for personal use, the number of RSI and CTD cases should be minimized. Many people do not take these conditions seriously until it happens to them. If anyone uses a computer for more than four hours a day, then they are prone to RSI’s and CTD’s. The application of ergonomic principles will result in increased productivity and improved health and safety....
