| 摘要 |
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) and Cumulative Trauma Disorders (CTD's, also known by other names such as repetitive stress injuries [RSI's] and other such names, have emerged as a significant occupational health problem. The present invention is to provide systems, devices, products, methods and software programs, which will remind individuals, such as keyboard operators, on a regularly scheduled basis, and to recommend certain preventive exercises and the like. Once the system and the software is designed and implemented, a study will then be instituted to measure its effectiveness in workplaces, especially those that have experienced a high incidence of problems such as carpal tunnel syndrome. The recommendations for specific actions, such as posture and exercises, will be based on work already established in the medical and occupational literature and journals, as well as the continuous research conducted by medical experts in the field. The development of a relatively inexpensive method of controlling, reducing and preventing the incidence of these disorders is important to prevent injuries and to save money on insurance premiums, payments to injured workers, loss of productivity, loss of productive workers from the workplace as well as the need to retrain injured workers. Furthermore, the invention relates to an electronic device or chip that would act as the heart of the above system, and could be used as an embedded chip in various products.
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