Study Protocol for CTS and Keyboard Controlled Randomized Trial

Finger Relief's keyboard home row layout \[actual home row placement order: asdeihotlrn\], plus substitutions on the upper row \[qwfgjyuk;p\] and bottom row \[zxcvb'm,.\] moves or shifts finger and thumb movement from the elbow muscles to the finger muscles. The movement of finger bending toward the palm is shifted to the interosseous and lumbrical muscles of the hand and fingers from the full flexion and extension muscle control to reduce contraction and expansion of tendons and the movement in the carpal canal adjacent to the median nerve and reduces pressure on the median nerve. Pressure on the median nerve compromises the nerve leading to symptoms of the carpal tunnel syndrome of pain, tingling, and numbness.

Report of onset and severity symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome when typing with QWERTY keyboard and the Finger Relief device.