Impact of Prolonged wrist extension as the prevalent cause of wrist pain among Computer desktop workers : A survey study

It is observed that prolonged wrist extension may lead a person to develop wrist pain. Long-lasting wrist pain affects the daily working performance of the users by restricting their activities and ability to cope with the demanding workload.

This study was a cross-sectional study. 302 computer desktop workers aged 18 to 60 years participated in an online survey. The study shows that about 85.09% of participants had wrist pain during typing. 12.9% of participants, felt wrist pain in their left hand, 30.4% of participants had pain in both hands and 56.6% of participants had wrist pain in their right hand. The study concluded that wrist pain was prevalent among computer desktop workers.