title: The pain of 'RSI'. A historical perspective.
abstract: The author explains that the arm pain syndrome known in Australia as repetition strain injury (RSI) has also been described in the medical literature of other countries. Different nomenclatures describing this syndrome have been used by authors over the past 120 years. Occupation Neurosis became the generally accepted term during the last century.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Quintner
mesh_terms: D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history*; D009626:Terminology as Topic