http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/ulnarnerve Questions tagged with 'ulnarnerve' at Ask MetaFilter. Mon, 17 Apr 2006 10:57:32 -0800 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 10:57:32 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/36485/Foot%2Dpedals%2Dfor%2DMacs Repetitive stress and foot pedals (for Macs)? I want to buy a <a href="http://www.bilbo.com/">computer</a> <a href="http://www.nch.com.au/scribe/">foot</a> <a href="http://www.medword.com/MedwordStore/TPC/FootPedals.html">pedal</a> that can be used with a Macintosh. Three pedals seems to be the standard - I would like to be able to set it up to replace my shift, command, and option keys. Has anyone ever used such a thing? The prices seem to be quite variable. Are there better and worse foot pedals? Are they all programmable?<br> <br> <small>Explanation: I'm having some moderately irritating <a href="http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=143&topcategory=Arm">Ulnar</a> <a href="http://neurosurgery.ucla.edu/Diagnoses/PeripheralNerve/PeripheralNerveDis_6.html">nerve</a> <a href="http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/10811">entrapment</a>. I'm doing several of the things that are suggested on the pages I linked to, but the thing that aggravates it the most is that I hold down the shift and option keys with my pinky finger when I'm typing - and because I code, I use these keys a lot. </small> tag:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.36485 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 10:57:32 -0800 elbow footpedal macintosh ulnarnerve louigi