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  Spate of injuries blamed on Nintendo Wii - Telegraph 

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/22/nwii122.xml

  The Wii, which allows people to mimic the movements of activities such as golf, bowling or boxing via a hand-held motion sensor, has been identified as the cause of thousands of minor accidents and injuries. ... Osteopaths say middle-aged parents are most at risk from neck, shoulder and elbow problems brought on from playing for too long. Martin Davies, who runs five osteopathic clinics in Cheshire, noticed a sharp rise in Wii-associated injuries after Christmas. He said: "We noticed we were getting a number of middle-aged parents coming in having played for far too long on the Nintendo Wii that they had bought their children. "The older patients in particular are finding their neck, shoulders and elbows are painful and some said they had been playing Wii for up to 10 hours." Mr Davies says tennis and boxing are the biggest cause of injuries, and he is advising patients to ensure they follow the manufacturers guidelines and limit their playing time. He has also devised a number of warm-up   [More...] [Less...]

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  Tags:  computer game, hci, human-computer interaction, nintendo, virtual tennis , wii   [More...] [Less...]