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Title: | Interosseous membrane (IOM) extreme tautness in forearm neutral position, evident from in vitro anatomical observations, strongly suggests unwished effects on fingers and thumb long muscles, during repetitive tasks in vivo | Authors: | VAN ZWIETEN, Koos Jaap Helder, Paul LIPPENS, Peter SCHMIDT, Klaus ZOUBOVA, Irina Piskùn, Oleg Varzin, Sergey Zinkovsky, Anatoly |
Issue Date: | 2010 | Publisher: | State Polytechnic University Saint-Petersburg | Source: | Varzin, S.A. & Loktionova, V.V. & Tarasovskaya, O. Y. (Ed.) FIFTH ALL RUSSIAN SCIENTIFIC-PRACTICAL CONFERENCE WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS "HEALTH - THE BASE OF HUMAN POTENTIAL: PROBLEMS AND WAYS TO THEIR SOLUTION", MATERIALS OF THE CONFERENCE. p. 303-308. | Abstract: | This short survey is concluded by stating that of all positions of the forearm, its so-called “neutral” position contains the greatest potential source of muscular and other damage during longstanding and repetitive movements of thumb and fingers. Most of this present conclusion is based on evident observations in preserved anatomical specimens of the forearm, supple enough to be compared to the situation in the living. Studies performed by means of modern imaging techniques moreover, applied to the forearms in otherwise normal subjects do clearly support these observations. To avoid the abovementioned effects, as a consequence of PC mice in “handshake” of “joystick” positions, we strongly recommend pronated positions of the forearm, explicitly the somewhat tilted variances e.g. in using lightly slanted computer mice, by proof requiring least muscle activities | Keywords: | Computer Mouse, Ergonomy, Repetitive Strain Injuries, Lower Arm Muscles, Long Muscles of Fingers and Thumb, In Vitro Anatomical Observations | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/11371 | Category: | C1 | Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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