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This looks fun, but your wrists may suffer. Credit: Getty Images
If you're not prepared to take the risk, put down the video game.
Researchers tell WebMD you risk a lot more than being blown to virtual smithereens. You may experience (heaven help you) wrist and finger pain.
According to the website, researchers looked at the effect of playing computer games on Gameboy, Xbox and other systems where you have to move your fingers and wrists faster than Liberace. In all, some 257 gamers ages 9 and 15 were studied in St. Louis schools.
"Our study has shown the negative impact that playing computer games and using mobile phones can have on the joints of young children, raising concerns about the health impact of modern technology later in life," Yusuf Yazici, a professor of rheumatology at New York University Hospital, tells WebMD. "We hope that further research in this area will shed light on what could be a serious health concern for today's gaming children in later life."
Well, thank you, Dr. Buzzkill.
WebMD reports kids in the study were given a questionnaire about game consoles, hand-held gaming devices and mobile phones. The hours they used these devices were recorded.
Kids who used a Gameboy or Xbox experienced more pain than kids who used iPhones. Researchers tell the magazine that each hour of play increased the odds of pain twofold.
But, hey, no pain, no gain -- or bonus lives.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
5-26-2011 @ 5:15PM
CDT Baker said...Whatever happened to playing outside...?
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5-26-2011 @ 5:55PM
Ryan said...This explains all of the droopy eyed armless children I have been seeing running around town lately.
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5-26-2011 @ 7:12PM
Kristl said...Hahah. I'm 19 and been playing handheld games all my life, yes I have pain in my hands but how is that any different then the pain I could get from throwing a football all the time? Or writting with a pencil?
In reply to a couple of comments, kids do play outside still. I ride my bike every day, getting excerise. But I can still play my videogames at night time.
This is just another way to say video games are bad. Don't blame the kids, blame the parents for buying them expensive consoles.
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5-26-2011 @ 8:33PM
il piccolo mostro said...umm...why is a gameboy in this study? Dont those belong in a museum now? and the one in the picture isn't even at least a gameboy advance. I played the gameboy color when I was in kindergarten. I dont see how its relevant today seeing as im in college now. They should have based their study on products actually used today.
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