Nintendinitis

English 2026 September 22 thumb|The plus-shaped d-pad (directional pad) on the left side of this 1985 Nintendo Entertainment System game controller was an early cause of Nintendinitis. Etymology en injury :blend Nintendo<t:Japanese video-game company> tendinitis<t:inflammation of a tendon> + 1 1, possibly en Richard Brasington - 1 1 in a 1990 letter to the editor of the The New England Journal of Medicine: see the quotation. Pronunciation nĭn-tĕn'-dĭ-nīʹ-tĭs RP, en /nɪnˌtɛndɪˈnaɪtɪs/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Nintendinitis.wav Southern England en /nɪnˌtɛndəˈnaɪtɪs/ [-ɾɪs] GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Nintendinitis.wav GA [nɪnˌtɛndəˈnaɪɾɪs] en aɪtɪs 5 en Nin ten din i tis Noun - en disease video gaming humorous informal A form of repetitive strain injury, which may include tendinitis, affecting the thumbs or other fingers of frequent video gamers, often from the excessive use of the d-pad on a game controller. from 1990 en gamer's thumb Nintendo thumb en 17 May 1990 Richard Brasington Nintendinitis letter to the editor w:The New England Journal of Medicine Boston, Mass. w:Massachusetts Medical Society 322 20 1473–1474 10.1056/NEJM199005173222020 0028-4793 173848599 I wish to report a sports injury attributable to the excessive playing of video games. A 35-year-old woman visited my home during the Christmas holidays, at which time my sons received a Nintendo video game. The woman, who had not previously engaged in this recreational activity, pursued it with enthusiasm, playing without interruption for five hours. The following day, she had severe pain in the region of the extensor tendon of the right thumb, which had been used to press a button repeatedly. I suggest that this sports-related injury be called "Nintendinitis." on en 15 October 1991 The Critical Eye The Carolina Critic Chapel Hill, N.C. Carolina Critic Society 5 4 2 https://archive.org/details/carolinacritic6819unse/page/n205/mode/1up 1 22945272 Michigan's 17-year-old Michelle LaBruzzy is suing Nintendo after developing an inflamed thumb from playing the home video game too much, Insight reports. Unable to write, LaBruzzy claims her "Nintendinitis" interferes with her schoolwork. en 1997 F. Philip Rice Social Development: Peer Relationships, Television, Gender Roles, and Moral Development Peter Janzow Child and Adolescent Development Upper Saddle River, N.J. w:Prentice Hall 357 https://archive.org/details/childadolescentd0000rice/page/357/mode/1up 1 978-0-13-566019-5 Nintendo stimulates children to do extreme things. A female school aide from Hammond, Indiana, played it for 4 months, 4 hours a night, until her doctor gave her a thumb splint for her "Nintendonitis" and told her to lay off video games. She started playing with her palms. en 1999 David M. Considine; w:Gail E. Haley Media Literacy: The Purposes, Principles, and Curriculum Connections Visual Messages: Integrating Imagery into Instruction A Media Literacy Resource for Teachers 2nd Englewood, Colo. Teacher Ideas Press 39 https://archive.org/details/visualmessagesin0000cons/page/39/mode/1up 1 978-1-56308-575-8 The Journal of School Health described a condition known as nintendinitis, or a pain in the right thumb developed as a result of playing video games excessively (Dorman 1997). The article referred to is Steve M. Dorman Video and Computer Games: Effect on Children and Implications for Health Education w:Journal of School Health Hoboken, N.J. Wiley-Blackwell for the American School Health Association April 1997 67 4 133–138 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1997.tb03432.x 1746-1561 1054973449. en 2005 Barrie Gunter Psychological Effects of Video Games Joost Raessens; Jeffrey Goldstein Handbook of Computer Game Studies Cambridge, Mass.; London w:MIT Press 151 https://archive.org/details/handbookofcomput0000unse_e5o6/page/151/mode/1up 1 978-0-262-18240-9 The medical profession has voiced a number of concerns about computer game playing. Rheumatologists have described cases of "Nintendinitis" and "Space Invaders' Wrist," in which players have suffered, skin, joint and muscle problems from repeated button hitting and joystick pushing on game machines. en 2010 Martha Lindsey Hanson The Unintended Detour: The Pitfalls of Accelerating Intellectual Development with Early Academics and Electronic Media The ABC’s of Childhood: Active Play, Best Educational Practices and Consistent Discipline University Park, Pa. w:Eisenbrauns 30 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781453761083/page/30/mode/1up 978-1-4537-6108-3 Video games have spurred a whole new "Nintendo thumb" or "Nintendinitis." "Text message injury" is the most recent malady addressed by physicians, and is characterized by soreness in the thumbs due to overuse while entering information into small electronic devices like cell phones and Blackberries. Alternative forms en Nintendonitis Translations form of repetitive strain injury affecting the thumbs or other fingers of frequent video gamers Finnish: fi Nintendo-sormi French: fr nintendinite f, fr nintendonite f Japanese: ja 任天堂炎症 にんてんどうえんしょう,  Nintendō enshō See also en button mashing Further reading Nintendo thumb en terms suffixed with -itis en Nintendo