2. Determining Computer Usages that Affect Physical Health Prepared By : LEE QIAO LIN TAN INVY

3. Repetitive Stress Injuries (RSI) Back Pain Eye Strain Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) The Computer Usage that Affect Physical Health

4. Repetitive Stress Injuries (RSI) A syndrome that affects bones, muscles, tendons, nerves and other anatomical features. It develops when a minute injury occurs repeatedly from over or misappropriate use of a body part.

5. Preventing RSI  Release the keyboard and mouse at frequent intervals so that you can avoid pressure on the wrists

6. Back Pain  can range from a dull, constant ache to a sudden, sharp pain.  Acute back pain comes on suddenly and usually lasts from a few days to a few weeks.  Back pain is called chronic if it lasts for more than three months.  can range from a dull, constant ache to a sudden, sharp pain.  Acute back pain comes on suddenly and usually lasts from a few days to a few weeks.  Back pain is called chronic if it lasts for more than three months.

7. Preventing Back Pain Maintain Good Posture Use a well-designed chair that supports your back and can be adjusted in height and tilt Do not sit in a rigid and stiff manner

8. Eye Strain If you have any eye discomfort caused by looking at something for a long time, you can call it eye strain.

9. Preventing Eye Strain Adjust your seat allow your eyes to be at a comfortable level with the screen Take short breaks frequently rather than long infrequent ones Ensure the source of your lighting is bright enough for you to work with your computer

10.  a condition where a part of musculoskeletal system is injured over time.  identifies a large group of conditions that result from traumatizing the body in either a minute or major way over a period of time.

11. Preventing MSDs Adapt the work to the individual Develop a coherent overall prevention policy Position the keyboard appropriately so that it allows your forearms to be in line with your hands

12. We hope that these all tips can help you to avoid experiencing these physical health problem. Therefore, the level of the health of the people of Malaysian can improve and become more better.

13. References http://web.eecs.umich.edu/~cscott/rsi.html http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/backpain.h tml http://www.allaboutvision.com/cvs/irritated.htm http://osha.europa.eu/en/faq/faq2/what- measures-should-be-taken-to-prevent- musculoskeletal-disorders http://www.webmd.com/back- pain/features/back-pain-remedies-and-tips http://www.google.com/search

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