Can a wrist pad sitting in front of the keyboard be used during keyboarding?
A. The neutral position described in #7 can not be achieved while in contact with most commercial wrist pads. For this reason keyboarding is best performed from a “floating” wrist position. Thus contact with wristpads is best between bouts of keying only. Frequent rest, away from the keyboard, becomes necessary with floating wrists because it tends to emphasize shoulder muscle contraction. Don’t forget to use the lightest possible finger pressure during keying.