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METHODS: A convenience sample of healthy young adults completed a five-minute typing task at a standardized workstation with no wrist support, with the ErgoBeads\u2122 wrist support, and with an Elzo\u2122 (memory foam) wrist support. Pressure mapping (Tekscan\u2122)) and goniometry were used as quantitative measures to examine wrist pressure and wrist angulation during the typing task; descriptive and inferential statistics were performed to compare wrist angulation and wrist pressure between two supports. RESULTS: For the sample (n\u200a=\u200a54), both wrist supports demonstrated a significant (p\u200a&lt;\u200a0.001) reduction in wrist extension as well as pressure compared to typing at the workstation with no support. There was no statistically significant difference in peak or mean pressure between the ErgoBeads\u2122 and Elzo\u2122 wrist supports (p\u200a=\u200a0.99). Significant difference was identified ((p\u200a&lt;\u200a0.001) for wrist angle as participants exhibited less wrist extension using the ErgoBeads\u2122 ( x \u00af = 12 . 56 \u2218 ; SD\u200a=\u200a3.32\u00b0) support as compared to the Elzo\u2122 ( x \u00af = 19 . 25 \u2218 ; SD\u200a=\u200a3.77\u00b0) support. 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