Alternative mouse alone vs conventional mouse alone: Incidence of upper body disorders (neck, shoulder, and upper extremity) Questionnaire followed by medical examination
Alternative mouse alone showed no clear difference in incidence of upper body disorder (neck, shoulder and upper… compared with conventional mouse alone (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Alternative mouse alone vs conventional mouse alone Incidence of upper body disorder (neck, shoulder and upper extremity) Questionnaire followed by medical examination · office workers Alternative mouse alone showed no clear difference in incidence of upper body disorder (neck, shoulder and upper… 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 0.79 [0.52, 1.21] | 2 studies · 190 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.