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

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New generation computer games

Watch out for Wii shoulder

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In the first clinic after Christmas we encountered a child who was complaining of tiredness and a sore shoulder, having been inactive over the past three years through illness. He had been given a new generation computer game for Christmas, and having checked everything else, we diagnosed Wii shoulder.

Anyone who has played interactive games on Wii sport will relate to this shoulder pain in muscles that have not been used for a long time.1 Within a day the discomfort wears off, as with exercise 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.

  1. 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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Comparison of energy expenditure in adolescents when playing new generation and sedentary computer games: cross sectional study
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