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REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY

Specialty Definition: REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY

DomainDefinition

Computing

Repetitive strain injury overuse strain injury. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Repetitive strain injury

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Repetitive strain injury, sometimes also called repetitive stress injury or typing injury, is a tendon and nerve disorder that occurs when a person makes too many of the same motions over a long period of time. It is most common among workers on assembly lines and with those who do a large amount of typing or using the computer mouse extensively. In either case, the chances of developing the disorder are lessened by good posture and ergonomic working conditions.

Injuries often considered RSI

Repetitive strain injury is not a specific disease but a loose group of other, more specific conditions. Some of these are

Warning signs

RSI conditions have many, varied symptons. Having some of the following can indicate onset of an RSI.

References

External links

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Repetitive strain injury."

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Commercial Usage: REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY

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Books

  • The Repetitive Strain Injury Handbook: An 8-Step Revovery and Prevention (reference)

  • Rsi: Repetitive Strain Injury: Repetitive Strain Injury, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Other Office Numbers (Thorsons Health) (reference)

  • Repetitive Strain Injury : A Computer User's Guide (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

repetitive strain injury

95

repetitive strain injury rsi

3
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Modern Translation: REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY

Language Translations for "REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

repetitief overbelastingsletsel (cumulative trauma disorder(s), occupational cervicobrachial syndrome, overuse injuries, overuse syndrome, repetitive strain injuries, repetitive stress injury, work-related upper limb disorder, WRULD). (various references)

   

French

  

troubles musculo-squelettiques (repetitive strain injuries, repetitive stress injury), traumatisme provoqué par la répétition de contraintes physiques (repetitive strain injuries, repetitive stress injury), TMS (repetitive strain injuries, repetitive stress injury), LATR (repetitive strain injuries, repetitive stress injury), lésions attribuables au travail répétitif (repetitive strain injuries, repetitive stress injury). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

epetitiveray ainstray injuryay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Alternative Orthography: REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 45 50 45 54 49 54 49 56 45      53 54 52 41 49 4E      49 4E 4A 55 52 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0045 0050 0045 0054 0049 0054 0049 0056 0045      0053 0054 0052 0041 0049 004E      0049 004E 004A 0055 0052 0059

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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INDEX

1. Usage: Commercial
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Orthography 		5. Bibliography


  

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