Designed to Fit Hands

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Designed to Fit Hands

• MALTRON Fully Ergonomic Keyboards
• PCD Maltron Ltd.

Realizing Recovery
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25th year Jubilee anniversary
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Why you need one.

• RSI - Second most common work related disease in
  UK (Repetitive Strain Injury / Occupational
  Overuse Syndrome/ Work Related Upper Limb
  Disorder)
• Over 350,000 sufferers in the UK alone
• -- 10 million sick days per year taken by
  sufferers of RSI
• Estimated cost to business of 2 Billion p.a.
• To avoid losses - Productivity, Sick days, New
  staff selection and training. Possible heavy
  legal costs from personal injury claims.
• To maintain staff efficiency and job
  satisfaction.
• Information supplied by TUC report, UK

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Pain and Disability disappear

• User report.
• My thanks to Maltron for an amazing keyboard.
  Its incredible design has meant pain free typing
  for several members of staff (5 including
  Elaine). Elaine Dunne, Personnel Mgr. Pearsons
  Solicitors.

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Pain and Disability disappear

• User report.
• Dr John Foster, (Previous Medical Adviser, East
  Midlands Electricity) reports on two cases of
  medically unresolved RSI. (The users had had 4
  months off work)
• saw an advertisement for your keyboard hired
  one for both. Much to my amazement this seemed
  to solve the problem rapidly and 5 months later
  they are still in full time work doing the same
  job that caused the problem in the first place.

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Pain and Disability disappear

• User report.
• I wanted to personally write and thank you -- I
  noticed an almost immediate relief in my wrist
  and hand pain. -- I was so impressed I purchased
  one for use at home as well. Your product kept
  me productive, and for that I thank you heartily.
  
• Scott A. Ward, Washington DC. Director of
  Computer Support, Presidents Commission on
  Critical Infrastructure Protection.

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Award Recognition

• Millennium Product Selected by Design Council.
• IEE Award for Helping Disabled People.
• ROSPA Particularly Outstanding Innovative
  Design, Excellence in the field of health.
• MacUser Certificate for Product Excellence and
  5 Mouse Rating. The Maltron Keyboard is perfect
  for those suffering from or trying to elude RSI.
• North West Today, 2001, Health Safety
  Product of the Year.

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Maltron keyboards will

• Ease pain and disability of sufferers of RSI or
  OOS or WRULD
• Reduce budget for sick day costs
• Enable return to work
• Overcome disabilities with special application
  keyboards
• Single handed
• Expanded
• Mouth / Head stick

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Benefits

• New hand positions remove static muscle strain
  and promote free blood flow. Natural and gentle
  hand and finger movements cause no stretching and
  start recovery from muscle fatigue, tendon
  inflammation and pain.
• Improved well being and productivity of skilled
  users who no longer need time off to ease pain.
• Duty of care sympathetically exercised, and real
  Organisation concern shown. Risk of a personal
  injury claim avoided.

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Action

• Whenever pains in hands, arms, shoulders or neck
  arise from keyboard use, ensure that the
  following are correctly set up.
• -seating height and position,
• -keyboard height,
• -display height and angle

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Action

• Discuss with the user the idea of hiring a
  MALTRON keyboard for a 4 week trial. Explain
  that adapting to it does NOT prevent the use of
  the previous one if necessary.
• Ensure that the user does NOT return to a flat
  unit during the trial and has pressure free time
  to adapt.
• Musicians often play several instruments, the
  music is the same, but the fingering is
  different.

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Products

• Two handed keyboard Etype.

• Type DGIEQ

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Products

• Trackball keyboard

• Type DGIFQ

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Products

• Single Handed Keyboards. LGIA RGIA

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Products

• Expanded keyboard Type EGICQ

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Products

• Mouth / Head Stick Type MGIA

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Actions and Benefits.

• Check Workstation to be sure that cause of
  problem is not a poor set up. Fix if necessary.
• Discuss the idea of trying a MALTRON keyboard
  with the user. Show reports of success, and
  obtain willing cooperation by ALL concerned.
• User will much appreciate caring and sympathetic
  actions. RSI is no joke and seriously affects
  living.
• Allow time for unpressured recovery and return to
  productivity. This can be weeks or months.
• In disability cases chose an appropriate keyboard
  and explain operation and advantages to user.
• All keyboards can be hired for initial trials.

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Post Presentation Page

• This presentation was made at the SH_at_Work
  show, Birmingham UK. in May 02. Somewhere
  around 1000 previous RSI sufferers are now back
  at work by changing to the MALTRON two handed
  keyboard. In most cases without any other
  treatment, and sometimes, as Dr. Foster reports,
  after all medical efforts had failed. Please see
  our web site - www.maltron.com - for more user
  reports and information about our adaptive
  keyboards for special needs. S.W.Hobday. PCD
  Maltron Ltd. Email, sales_at_maltron.com