Back Pain Epidemic Hits Africa As Computer Use Increases
(ContentDesk) June 1, 2005 -- Third world countries face a potential epidemic of lower and neck pain writes Scottish expert, Doctor Gordon Cameron.(http://www.cameronmedical.com/backpain-index.html)Work

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related and joint pain is well known in western countries. Large companies spend fortunes every year trying to prevent related absence. Computer workstations and work related posture have been a major focus. Ergonomists - specialists in work related pain - have thrived in the current corporate environment. Until this year, little attention has been devoted to work related in Africa.

A Nigerian university research team are now busy in the field. They studied more than one thousand computer users in six university campuses. What they found is staggering.More than seventy percent of those surveyed complained of or neck pain. Almost as many complained of shoulder, arm or hand pain. The was scored as moderately severe by most respondents.

These numbers are much higher than we see in the west.The research team think that bad computer use posture is to blame and are concerned about how things will develop as computers become more widely available.Author Biography:Dr Gordon Cameron is a specialist in joint pain and back pain. He is based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Website: http://www.cameronmedical.com..