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Posted By Allan Kerrigan
I was recently conducting a follow up for a DSE assessment and recommended get pads for mouse and keyboard, a member of staff sitting nearby said that she used to work for a major bank( who will remain nameless) and that the bank had banned gel pads as a means of helping prevent WRULD's RSI etc.
Does anyone know if this is true? if so what argument is there for this action?
as usual many thanks to IOSH members and apologies if this is a repeat problem.
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Posted By Ron Young
Don't know of what you refer to but I do know that wrist rests do not suit everyone, it all depends on how they type and their body position when working at their desk that points to the use of wrist rests. However, I never recommend the use of gel mouse pads, I much prefer mouse beans that attach to and move with the mouse. They can be purchased from Posturite
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Posted By Tabs
I have used the mouse bean and love it... but it is a slightly different thing.
Gel pads are often used in front of keyboards as well. Basically, anything that encourages you to keep your forearm planted and move your wrist is probably not best for you.
Movement should come from shoulders, elbows and wrist in as free a motion as comfortable. Micro-movement will often lead to problems.
The mouse bean keeps the wrist/mouse relationship constant and forces movements from the shoulders/elbows instead. I found that very comfortable (but I now use a pen).
I worked for a large bank and frowned on gel pads.
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Posted By peter gotch Hi Allan Many years ago one ergonomist advised me that the only real benefit of a wrist rest is to help retrain the user in using neutral wrist posture, i.e. not resting wrist or part of lower arm on the edge of the desk. See http://www.details-workt.../media/scms/ISSUE-12.pdfRegards, Peter
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Posted By Alison WR
wrist rests encourage people to anchor their wrists, lean on them, hunch over even more, increase the vertical angle on the wrist, and wave their hands around like windscreen wipers. Pressing on your wrist is likely to increase the pressure in the carpal tunnel.
We have one colleague who is able to use a wrist rest as a gentle reminder to keep her wrists straight. The other 800 are banned from using them.
Mouse beans, however, are fab - they reduce the angle on the wrist, but support the weight on the muscular part of the hand, and have negligible impact on freedom of movement. We dole them out like sweeties.
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Posted By Merv Newman
I may be ergonomically and even politically incorrect but I've tried the mouse gel pads and don't get on. My position is with the elbow resting on the chair arm and the wrist-hand flex resting on the edge of the desk. With the pad as close as possible to the edge.
Right now, while typing on a portable my right arm rests on the front of the machine while my left hand sort of floats in the air.
Works for me.
merv
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