Watch out for Wii shoulder

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BMJ 2008;336:110 (19 January), doi:10.1136/bmj.39461.631181.BE

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Watch out for Wii shoulder

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In the first clinic after Christmas we encountered a child whowas complaining of tiredness and a sore shoulder, having beeninactive over the past three years through illness. He had beengiven a new generation computer game for Christmas, and havingchecked everything else, we diagnosed Wii shoulder.

Anyone who has played interactive games on Wii sport will relateto this shoulder pain in muscles that have not been used fora long time.¹ Within a day the discomfort wears off, as withexercise after a period of inactivity.

Andrew D Cowley, consultant paediatrician, Gregory Minnaar

¹ Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Shrewsbury SY3 8XQ

cowleyandrew@hotmail.co.uk

Competing interests: None declared.

Graves L, Stratton G, Ridgers ND, Cable NT. Comparison of energy expenditure in adolescents when playing new generation and sedentary computer games: cross sectional study. BMJ 2007;335:1282-4. (22 December.)[Abstract/Free Full Text]

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