(Laptops) have the tendency to flare up tendons more, (cause) neck pain. With the screens attached to the keyboard you are always looking down. |
If they're playing these from 10 to 18 [years old] and then going into the workplace where they're on a computer eight hours a day, what's going to happen? As children, they've had all these little micro-traumas. Is it going to carry over? |
It's a self-restraint thing. People need to not use them constantly, and they'll be fine. |
People tend to use just one finger over and over again and it's that repetitive use with one digit that could lead to problems. |
That's why we're putting out the warnings because of the potential to have problems are out there. |
We're not seeing a whole lot of it yet, but we're concerned that we're going to be seeing a lot more of it in the next three to five years. Our lifestyles are so fast-paced and stressful now that people are using more of these gadgets constantly, and that's where the problem starts. |