On Fri, 2007-10-19 at 16:13 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 07:36:16 +0930
> Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Just out of curiosity, can you touch-type properly? (As apposed to self
> > taught, or hunt and peck.) I've yet to come across anybody with wrist
> > problems who was taught how to type on a manual typewriter.
>
> My wife had terrible carpal tunnel problems (to the point where she required
> surgery as she could no longer pick up a pencil) and she types "right" (as do
> I). So now you have heard of one.
>
> We both find that using Microsoft Natural Keyboards makes typing a lot
> more comfortable. And we both "live on computers".
While broad studies say little about individual cases (and I'm certainly
not taking sides here), this turned up in the news recently:
Does Computer Use Actually Cause Carpal Tunnel?
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/15/1640244
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Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
