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Effects Of A Cued Break And Stretch Program On Computer Use Productivity And Hand Or Wrist Pain, Ruth R. Korecki

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

Problem Computer usage is commonplace in today's workplace environment. Over time, employees who use computer keyboards greater than six hours per day, five days per week risk developing a repetitive motion injury of the hands or wrists (U.S. Department of Labor, 2009). Could a computer program that cues a break and stretch activity every two hours increase stretching at the workstation, create a workplace environment of positive productivity and ultimately decrease hand or wrist pain? The population understudy is computer users, using an intervention a break and stretch computer program, for one month, with outcomes measured through pre and post …