RSI Hazards Handbook: A Worker’s Guide to Repetitive Strain Injuries and How to Prevent Them

In the past repetitive strain injury (RSI) has been somewhat dismissed as a condition over‐hyped by the media, tripped off the tongue with disdain and linked only to keyboards. This little book dispels that myth and sets out how to identify the potential hazards of RSI, which can occur from a whole range of workplace activities. In fact RSI is not a new phenomenon according to the handbook. It was identified in 1713 by Ramazzini, an Italian doctor. He described symptoms of RSI in scribes and clerks, noting that the “incessant driving of the pen over paper causes intense fatigue...