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, President’s 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
S&H@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, [email protected]