Summary of "repetitive strain injury" medical conditions

The more common repetitive strain injury conditions are:

• Bursitis (occupational causes are rare but Bursitis at the elbow is a prescribed disease).
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (rarely successful in occupational claims unless following tenosynovitis. Prescribed disease where contracted as a result of use of a hand-held vibrating tool).
• Cellulitis (or "best hand") (DSS prescribed disease).
• Epicondylitis (also referred to as "tennis elbow" or "golfer's elbow").
• Diffuse Fibromyalgia.
• Ganglions (on their own, they are unlikely to be the basis of a viable claim).
• Peritendinitis Crepitans (one of the so-called original classic RSI conditions).
• Rotator Cuff Syndrome (unlikely to be a viable claim).
• Tendinitis/Tendonitis (one of the so-called original classic RSI conditions).
• Tenosynovitis (DSS prescribed disease).
• Trigger Finger/Thumb.
• Writers Cramp (DSS prescribed disease).

"Personal Injury Law Journal" December 2001