Ergonomic Input Device Suggestions....

[Karen Schriver <ks0e+ -at- ANDREW -dot- CMU -dot- EDU>]

Hi Jennifer,

I agree with Russell Kilday about the Kensington Turbo Mouse. I have
used it since 1991 and love it. I used to get terrible pains in my hands
with a regular mouse. The Turbo mouse allows you to not use your hands
for so many "hand-intensive tasks" such as scrolling through the TECH-WR
digest. Now I can simply let click the button once and it scrolls
automatically, then when something I like catches my eye, I roll the
ball over the text and it stops. Just scrolling for 5 minutes can be
torture on hands that use the keyboard all day.  The Turbo Mouse's
design prevents me from holding the device tightly, something I could
not break myself of doing with a regular mouse; the longer I wrote, the
more I would grip. I haven't tried a wrist pad, but it sounds like a
good idea.

good luck!

karen schriver
KSA, Document Design and Research

>Hey there everyone,
>
>Lately I have been experiencing some discomfort when using the mouse.    The
>pain has been mainly in the center of my hand when I click the buttons.  I
>also get knots in my neck and shoulders even though I look straight at the
>monitor.

>Thanks,
>Jennifer

Excerpts from mail: 28-Jan-98 TECHWR-L Digest - 26 Jan 19.. by Automatic
processor -at- LIST
> Date:    Tue, 27 Jan 1998 15:25:36 -0800
> From:    Russell Kilday-Hick <rkilhick -at- SFSU -dot- EDU>
> Subject: Re: Ergonomic Input Device Suggestions....
>
> Hi Jennifer--
> I used to get pain in my wrist and arm using a regular mouse. Bad posture
> and all, since I switched over to the Kensington Turbo Mouse (more than a
> year ago) I can work all day with no problems and the four buttons come in
> handy too. I am at my computer all day, every day (even sometimes at home
> on the weekend). BTW--I use a wrist pad as well.
>
> Disclaimer: Sorry for the promotional tone of this note; I do not have
> stock in the company.
>
>
>