The toll computers take on our bodies — and how to stop it : Body Electric : NPR
NPRWhen human met desk: a toxic relationship for the ages Enlarge this image Daniel Hertzberg Daniel Hertzberg In the 1980s and 90s, the personal computer revolutionized workplace productivity — but it also led to a sharp increase of office work-related pain. Poor posture, muscle strain, backache, eye strain, carpal tunnel syndrome; these are some of the most common complaints caused by the sedentary office job, says Laine Nooney, a computer and video game historian and assistant professor at New York University. Sponsor Message How computers trickled into our lives Nooney says when personal computers first entered the workplace in the late 1970s and 80s, they were primarily used for administrative jobs. In the 1990s and 2000s, as computers spread into homes and became pervasive in office jobs, the physical effects became more pronounced; now, chronic pain affects around one in 5 adults in America.
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