Arm support combined with alternative mouse vs conventional mouse alone: Incidence of right upper extremity disorder Questionnaire followed by medical examination
Arm support combined with alternative mouse showed no clear difference in incidence of right upper extremity disorder Questionnaire followed… compared with conventional mouse alone (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Arm support combined with alternative mouse vs conventional mouse alone Incidence of right upper extremity disorder Questionnaire followed by medical examination · office workers Arm support combined with alternative mouse showed no clear difference in incidence of right upper extremity disorder Questionnaire followed… compared with conventional mouse alone (moderate certainty). Ergonomic interventions for preventing work‐related musculoskeletal disorders of the upper limb and neck… (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.73 [0.32, 1.66] | 2 studies · 181 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ergonomic interventions for preventing work‐related musculoskeletal disorders of the upper limb and neck among office workers 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.