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repetitive strain injury

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repetitive strain injury: see repetitive stress injury repetitive stress injury or repetitive strain injury (RSI), injury caused by repeated movement of a particular part of the body. Often seen in workers whose physical routine is unvaried, RSI has become epidemic since computers have entered the
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repetitive strain injury - overuse strain injury

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Some users with repetitive strain injury prefer keyboard equivalents to using a mouse.
L concluded she had a repetitive strain injury to her right arm after working considerable overtime and expected it to go away after her planned holiday.
The use of speech recognition systems as a replacement for other types of transcription systems is increasing rapidly, partly because many people are unable to use conventional keyboards as a result of upper-extremity repetitive strain injury (RSI).
 
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