Many individuals must have heard of repetitive strain injury, though most of them are almost unaware about the magnitude of this risk. However, statistics driving from independent medical journals, government institutions and published university research showcases that it is a worldwide problem costing the global community huge claims and influencing millions of individuals at the present time.

It is really a tough job to determine the exact cost of global financial system resulting from repetitive strain injury. Although, even the conservative approximations coming from publications and statistics from several health and government organizations have showed that this strain injury is one of the fastest and largest rising health problem countered by employees today.

Some repetitive strain injury statistics

  • Globally, the most conventional approximation of related cost of repetitive strain injury disorders run into thousands of millions of dollars.
  • Approximately, 63% of all office employees spend their most of time in holding mouse than any other device.
  • More than 100 million individuals worldwide are predicted to suffer from some type of RSI or other computer associated health problems.
  • According to recent surveys, insufficient breaks while working on system are the key factors responsible for encouraging the development of repetitive strain injury.
  • RSI is unlikely to develop in single form, in several reports it has been established that the combination of lots of factors contribute to the repetitive strain injury risks.
  • Taking regular breaks from working and releasing pressure on forearms, wrists and hands has seemed beneficial.
  • The efficacy of most of preventative measures and ergonomics are disputed. No researches have presented these measures to be effectual in avoiding repetitive strain injury so far.

Cost involved in preventing RSI

Now-a-days, huge money is being invested for avoiding the risk of RSI as governments and employees have been becoming aware about the widespread affects of this problem. Several RSI research studies suggest that ergonomic is one of the helpful ways to prevent RSI. They have also established that for every one dollar spent in RSI prevention, there is a return of approximately 17 dollars. A wide variety of ergonomics has been introduced ranging from armrests to keyboards costing about 100 dollars to other complete ergonomics desktops costing thousands of dollars.

It is really very difficult to figure out the exact amount that the government of a nation spends for preventing RSI. In UK, almost 8 to 30 million USD are invested for treatment or preventing RSI while in USA, this amount goes to 40 million USD. In European Union, about 40 to 60 millions USD are spend on RSI.

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