Recently, computer, mobile phone and Internet use has increased. This study aimed to determine the possible relation between self-reported wrist and finger symptoms (aches, pain or numbness) and using computers/mobile phones, and to analyze how the symptoms are specifically associated with utilizing desktop computers, portable computers or mini-computers and mobile phones. A questionnaire was sent to 15,000 working-age Finns (age 18–65). Via a questionnaire, 723 persons reported wrist and finger symptoms often or more with use. Over 80% use mobile phones daily and less than 30% use desktop computers or the Internet daily at leisure, e.g., over 89.8% quite often or often experienced pain, numbness or aches in the neck, and 61.3% had aches in the hips and the lower back. Only 33.7% connected their symptoms to computer use. In the future, the development of new devices and Internet services should incorporate the ergonomics of the hands and wrists.

Self-reported wrist and finger symptoms associated with other physical/mental symptoms and use of computers/mobile phones / Korpinen, Leena; Pã¤ã¤kkã¶nen, Rauno; Gobba, Fabriziomaria. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND ERGONOMICS. - ISSN 1080-3548. - 24:1(2018), pp. 82-90. [10.1080/10803548.2017.1282030]

Self-reported wrist and finger symptoms associated with other physical/mental symptoms and use of computers/mobile phones

GOBBA, Fabriziomaria
2018

Abstract

Recently, computer, mobile phone and Internet use has increased. This study aimed to determine the possible relation between self-reported wrist and finger symptoms (aches, pain or numbness) and using computers/mobile phones, and to analyze how the symptoms are specifically associated with utilizing desktop computers, portable computers or mini-computers and mobile phones. A questionnaire was sent to 15,000 working-age Finns (age 18–65). Via a questionnaire, 723 persons reported wrist and finger symptoms often or more with use. Over 80% use mobile phones daily and less than 30% use desktop computers or the Internet daily at leisure, e.g., over 89.8% quite often or often experienced pain, numbness or aches in the neck, and 61.3% had aches in the hips and the lower back. Only 33.7% connected their symptoms to computer use. In the future, the development of new devices and Internet services should incorporate the ergonomics of the hands and wrists.
2018
1-mar-2017
24
1
82
90
Self-reported wrist and finger symptoms associated with other physical/mental symptoms and use of computers/mobile phones / Korpinen, Leena; Pã¤ã¤kkã¶nen, Rauno; Gobba, Fabriziomaria. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND ERGONOMICS. - ISSN 1080-3548. - 24:1(2018), pp. 82-90. [10.1080/10803548.2017.1282030]
Korpinen, Leena; Pã¤ã¤kkã¶nen, Rauno; Gobba, Fabriziomaria
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