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| 1. Close Ups Hands writing One Person wears RSI Wrist Brace |
1. Reporter Voice-Over "In this age of ergonomics, modern science & pen manufacturers have yet to come up with a cure & prevention of repetitive stress injuries - RSI's - such as writer's cramp, carpal tunnel syndrome, arthritis, tendonitis and more. But there's one company that's come up with what might be the closest thing for prevention --" |
| 2. Ezgrip Pen | 2. Reporter Voice-Over "--a Pen that can reduce the amount of writing force by 57% while only using the force of a single finger for writing pressure" |
| 3. Participant On Camera Super: Tiffany Orlando Study Participant |
3. Study Participant Tiffany Orlando On Camera "Writing with the ledge pen, you do definitely notice you’re applying less pressure. .The ledge prevents your hand from slipping down. That's definitely an advantage." |
| 4. Exterior Super over Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Center |
4. Reporter Voice-Over "Dexterity Technologies has released a pilot study completed by the world renown Cleveland Clinic Foundation The subjects were right & left handed, male and female." |
| 5. MS :Dr Davis, Super Dr. Brian Davis, Biomedical Engineer 5a. Close Up 3 Pens |
5. Dr. Davis On Camera: "What we did was a pilot study looking at the design of three different pens. One was a standard pen that most people use in their writing tasks. The second pen had a rubber grip. The third pen had a contoured shaped shape grip with a ledge that you could rest either your index, thumb, or your middle finger on it in order to help with the writing task" |
| 6. Applying electrodes to hand 6a. CU Tablet, Writing on Electronic Tablet 6b. CU Scope readouts |
6. Reporter Voice-Over "After electrodes were attached, Dr Davis had the participants draw an X, a Circle, and Shade In the Circle on a highly sensitive electronic tablet. Then they wrote a sentence 20X in a Fatiguing Protocol; then repeated the X, Circle, & Shading in a randomized manner. Muscle activity was measured and a pressure test was also performed." |
| Diagram: * 50% Less Force Needed Than Standard Pen * 7% Less Force Needed Than Ergonomic Pen * 40% More Consistency * 3 or More Ways to Use Ezgrip Pen Package |
7. Reporter Voice-Over "The ledge pen required 50% less force than the standard pen and 7% less force than the ergonomic pen tested in the pilot study. This was accomplished using the one finger for writing pressure. The other fingers used virtually no pressure. The conclusion: The ledge pen outperformed the others using only the one finger. The results suggest the ledge pen will be easier to use by persons with arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, writer's cramp or used for just plain comfort." |
