They advise employers who have sufferers to take measures such as job-rotation and reducing the time spent on the repetitive task.

BBC: The pain of RSI

For all its flaws, the Japanese system of job rotation and company-specific training provided its firms with some advantages over western rivals.

ECONOMIST: Sayonara, sarariman

The acting British ambassador to Slovakia is now actually two people: a husband and wife who share the job on a four-month rotation.

ECONOMIST: Marriage