Although there are other factors, this is the basic idea behind BreakTimer's strain calculation. For the more math minded, the unit for strain is arbitrary but absolute, constant, and comparable between a user over time as well as between different users. A natural break is any time you stop working at the computer on your own. Because natural breaks are often breaks from the computer during which you do other work, RSIGuard conservatively assumes that natural breaks allow you to rest somewhat from strain, but not as much as during an actual break.
Do not do other work that is stressful to hands, eyes, shoulders, etc. RSIGuard differentiates between your typing and the text typed by voice recognition. Text typed by voice recognition software is not counted as typing by BreakTimer or DataLogger.
The exception is that keys pressed using the command "press KEY" are counted as keystroke activity. RSIGuard does not differentiate between your mouse movement via a pointing device versus voice commands in NaturallySpeaking, and thus all mouse actions add to activity counts.
The result of this is that you will still get breaks after a fair bit of voice command work that includes some mouse activity or use of the "Press KEY" command, especially if you use a "Minute-by-Minute" work restriction. Guided by this research, we believe that our break scheme is effective at reducing the risk of injury while maintaining productivity. This is due in significant part to the fact that before RSIGuard was developed, there was no cost-effective way to measure the strain exposure of computer users.
Because BreakTimer is uniquely able to consider the user's work intensity, it gives break suggestions on a non-linear schedule that varies according to the user's task and intensity level. It is widely accepted: that breaks and microbreaks help; that breaks should be more frequent if the user works harder; that user psychology can reduce the benefit of breaks if they appear intrusive to the user; and that computer-suggested breaks can be less frequent the more the user rests on their own.
However, the research is still too young to give objective guidance on precise schedules that will achieve a particular risk of injury for a particular user. BreakTimer is designed to give a break schedule that logically conforms to the available research and that intelligently complies with experientially-based advice about break schedules commonly given by doctors and therapists see the Break Timer Analysis for more information.
We believe from a logical and anecdotal standpoint that more breaks means lower injury risk. However, there is obviously a point of diminishing returns where additional rest does not significantly reduce injury risk, where user resistance to breaks would become intolerable, and where productivity would suffer.
The initial wizard interview that RSIGuard gives to each new user attempts to balance these factors to create an optimized break schedule based on our experience and the feedback from thousands of users.
For that reason, we recommend letting users use the setup wizard for their initial setup. If users complain that breaks are too frequent, then reducing the frequency of breaks may be indicated simply to maintain willing compliance. If users are being injured too frequently, then increasing the frequency of breaks may be indicated.
That said, there are researchers that are looking at this issue to help us improve our model and to help provide additional guidance to end-users. Futhermore, if your organization is willing, we encourage you to help us by making your user settings, usage information, and injury statistics available so that we can further develop our recommendations for you and future RSIGuard users.
If this is a possibility, please contact Technical Support. The purpose of an RSIGuard break is to get you to stop using the computer. While the BreakTimer window is displayed, you should not be using the keyboard or mouse -- you should be either resting or doing non-computer activities. If you must use the computer, however, realize that you are generally not "locked out". You just need to postpone the break or skip the break using the Postone or Skip buttons. Thus BreakTimer gives you the choice to either take a rest from the computer in which case the keyboard and mouse won't be used , or to reject the suggestion of the BreakTimer model to rest by clicking Postpone or Skip.
This is generally the appropriate choice for Call Center, and other customer-facing or phone-intensive jobs. RSIGuard stores how long you work and how long you rest, what kind of work you do mouse vs. It also records statistics about how often you type each key, how long you take to find the key, and how long on average you hold it down.
It also records information about breaks taken, breaks skipped, breaks postponed, and time spent in breaks. These statistics can be viewed in reports, and are also used by other features e. The data recorded by RSIGuard is stored on your computer or on a network. Unless your organization has restricted access to it, the data in those files can be viewed from the Tools menu of RSIGuard. However, if your organization installed RSIGuard for you, or if RSIGuard detected that it couldn't use this location, then data may stored somewhere else.
Individual users of RSIGuard can store their data on a network, or cloud drive e. Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, etc. However, there are potential issues with cloud storage. Cloud services sync data to the cloud at different intervals, and using different mechanisms. So, if you have multiple computers pointing to the cloud, changes may not be properly reflected if you switch between computers faster than the synchronization of cloud data occurs.
This is not an issue for a network drive for which RSIGuard handles shared data, intermittent connections, etc. If you use RSIGuard as part of an organizational license, your IT department controls if data is stored on a network or on your local computer. If you collect the data before an injury occurs, the resulting data may help a doctor or other health professional understand what is causing your injury and thereby guide them in planning your treatment.
We have received very positive reports from doctors on the informative value of UserInsight graphs that patients have brought them. If you collect the data after an injury as well, the data can help you understand whether or not you are reducing your work intensity and whether or not there are work patterns of yours that lead to pain.
RSIGuard Software is very concerned about your privacy. RSIGuard's data monitoring is specifically designed to tell about your ergonomics only. A detailed discussion of this is available in the DataLogger document.
For example, unlike some competitive products, we specifically do not record what applications you are using. Therefore, your company can see how much you use the computer, but not what types of activities you do e. We hope that individuals and organizations will appreciate the importance of privacy and respect our decision to respect the privacy of RSIGuard users.
This seemingly simple question has a surprisingly complex answer. Be sure to read this entire answer, because solutions for various scenarios are described. Alt-Tab to the local computer or the remote computer. By default, it sends these keystrokes to the local computer if RDC is not maximized, and to the remote computer if it is maximized.
This makes sense, because when RDC is maximized, the idea is that your experience should be exactly as if you were on the other computer and the local computer were not involved. To get low-level key combinations like Alt-Tab and Ctrl-Alt-Del to be sent to the remote computer, RDC intercepts keystrokes and sends them directly to the remote computer in a way that prevents local applications including RSIGuard from detecting the keystrokes.
Solution 1: If you use your local computer as a "dumb" terminal to access another computer, it generally makes most sense to install RSIGuard on the remote computer and not on the "dumb" terminal. That way, all of RSIGuard's context-sensitive features e. Solution 2: If you generally use both the local and remote computer, it can make sense to install RSIGuard on both machines. But if you want RSIGuard to aggregate your usage data i. In this scenario, RSIGuard on the local computer will count all keystrokes on the local and remote computer, even when the window is maximized.
Notes: If you use RDC to log in to another computer as a different user e. This issue also applies to VMWare sessions, and may apply to other terminal applications with analogous functionality. If you use 1 or more computers and your computers are on a network, then rather than copying your data when you switch computers, the best solution is to use RSIGuard's Roaming Profile feature.
By configuring each computer to store data in a common network location, all your computers will aggregate your computer usage in one location.
Follow these steps:. RSIGuard's ability to count keystrokes and mouse clicks is generally very accurate. But there are situations that prevent it from capturing every event. In most situations, the measured value will be within 0. For the vast majority of cases, this disparity has no impact on the use and interpretation of the data. This isn't typical for most users. Furthermore, events could be counted twice if RSIGuard is on both computers, and the ErgoCoach virtual terminal feature is not configured properly to prevent double-counting.
If RSIGuard isn't running e. ErgoCoach's multiple monitor tools include a feature that measures where you spend time looking at your monitors. ErgoCoach uses this information to create personalized recommendations for optimal monitor position. Since RSIGuard can't actually see where you are looking, it uses various estimation techniques, including: Where the mouse pointer was last clicked, or moved to Where windows have recently been opened or activated e. The algorithm is necessarily imperfect, but for most users it provides a fairly accurate estimate of their monitor use that helps guide monitor placement.
But be sure use common sense. For example, a user who has a monitor that displays ongoing information to them e. In those cases, this feature would substantially understate how much that monitor was in use.
Be sure to consider this when viewing associated monitor placement recommendations. The intent is that during a ForgetMeNot, you must stop working for at least 15 seconds. However, you may also occasionally see messages that RSIGuard adds to your message list because it notices a typing or mousing behavior of yours that is possibly unhealthy. You can delete, disable, or edit these messages just like other ForgetMeNots messages.
These messages will normally disappear within a day if the behavior disappears. Visit our download page from a Mac or a PC to download the software for your platform. RSIGuard is used in thousands of environments, with thousands of applications of all types. There are no known incompatibilities. It is also compatible with Mac OSX Windows 8 and 8. Users can use Metro Mode to run small apps -- but most applications are still primarily used in Desktop Mode, which is the familiar Windows environment.
For example, Internet browsers, Office applications, email clients, and most other applications still use Desktop Mode. So features that depend on this e. Most features of RSIGuard do not use the internet.
However, there are a few features that are only available with internet access:. RSIGuard places very minimal demands on a computer and should never have a detectable impact on performance. Looking at it more technically, the two main factors that control whether an application impacts a computer's performance are memory usage and CPU usage.
Luckily, if you think RSIGuard is impacting your computer, there is an easy way to check! Let us know and we can investigate the problem further. Follow the prompts to clear settings. If you need to clear settings but the Factory Reset menu option is not available e. During the setup wizard, the KeyControl wizard page gave you the option of putting default hotkeys on the numeric keypad.
If you chose this option, normal numeric keypad function i. To change the hotkeys to be somewhere else on the keyboard or to remove hotkeys altogether , go to the Setup menu, select Settings, and select the KeyControl tab. Change the hotkeys to your desired location or remove them if you don't want them. You can view your hotkey assignments by selecting "Show Hotkey Assignments" in the Setup menu. You may wish to place stickers on the keys you use to remind you where the hotkeys are. Click here for more information on hotkeys.
If someone from RSIGuard support has requested that you send your configuration settings to us, these are the steps to follow to do so:. Several studies have indicated that breaks are appropriate prevention for computer-related RSI's, and our pilot research has shown that people are more likely to take breaks if they occur at appropriate times.
Our users consistently state that BreakTimer predicts break-need better than other systems they have tried. People with mouse discomfort who use AutoClick often report that the reduction in discomfort is both immediate and permanent, which makes sense since AutoClick reduces or eliminates the need to click and drag with the mouse -- known causes of RSI.
Awareness of risky behaviors has been proven to be beneficial towards injury prevention, and this is the benefit of ForgetMeNots. We have received very positive feedback from Occupational Therapists and Certified Hand Therapists about the information from DataLogger. As we consolidate research for presentation on our website, we appreciate assistance from researchers and ergonomics scientists. However, in our discussions with foremost researchers on RSI, a frequent comment is that there is very little research that validates any current ergonomic aid.
Although this lack of evidence does not imply that current methods don't work, it also gives little guidance about what does. We believe that by showing how, how long, and how intensely people are working we can not only help researchers find patterns that cause RSI, but we can help learn what behavior changes are most associated with recovery. Although we have initiated research along this line of reasoning, we are always anxious to discuss research possibilities with interested ergonomics scientists.
Click here to view a report that includes research references. According to a paper by Joy Linn: In "Gray's Anatomy" describes peritendinitis crepitans as occurring in washer women Barton, Some old names for CTD from the past include: glass arm, telegraphist's cramp and washer woman's thumb. In the 19th century "traumatic tenosynovitis" and "peritendinitis crepitanis" were acknowledged as pain caused by work activities.
Earlier this century morse code operators experienced similar disorders. The recognition of CTD has increased as the numbers of injuries increase worldwide. How does RSIGuard purchase and registration work?
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Stretches will be shown during breaks in the order listed. Alternately, you can check Show Stretches in Random Order if you want stretches to always occur in a different order.
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