The more common repetitive strain injury conditions are:
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Bursitis (occupational causes are rare but Bursitis at the elbow is a prescribed disease).
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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).
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Cellulitis (or “best hand”) (DSS prescribed disease).
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Epicondylitis (also referred to as “tennis elbow” or “golfer’s elbow”).
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Diffuse Fibromyalgia.
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Ganglions (on their own, they are unlikely to be the basis of a viable claim).
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Peritendinitis Crepitans (one of the so-called original classic RSI conditions).
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Rotator Cuff Syndrome (unlikely to be a viable claim).
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Tendinitis/Tendonitis (one of the so-called original classic RSI conditions).
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Tenosynovitis (DSS prescribed disease).
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Trigger Finger/Thumb.
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Writers Cramp (DSS prescribed disease).
“Personal Injury Law Journal” December 2001
