UK Doctors Warn Of ‘Wii Injury’ Epidemic

pspan class=”mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image” style=”display: inline;”img alt=”wii injuries.jpg” src=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/wii%20injuries.jpg” width=”510″ height=”350″ class=”mt-image-none” style=”” //spanbr clear=”all”br / We know that the Wii is a danger to a href=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/12/15/wii_wrist_strap_breaks_tv_woma.html”TVs/a and a href=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/2007/01/02/wiimote_disaster_caught_on_vid.html”relatives /a but doctors in the UK think this Christmas is going to result in a sharp spike in Wii-related injuries. /p pThe Wii might be getting gamers off their butts and making them more active but all that activity could come at a price this Christmas, as the Wii tops Christmas shopping lists. /p pDoctors claim that those spending too long on the Wii – especially those unused to moving more than their thumbs when gaming – are at risk from strain. In fact, researchers at Leeds Teaching Hospital have already identified an injury they call “Wii knee”. Bizarre, but true. /pimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’http://feeds.uk.gizmodo.com/c/552/f/9581/s/29bb663/mf.gif’ border=’0’/div class=’mf-viral’table border=’0’trtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=UK Doctors Warn Of ‘Wii Injury’ Epidemiclink=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/12/22/uk_doctors_warn_of_wii_injury.html” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif” border=”0″ //a/tdtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=UK Doctors Warn Of ‘Wii Injury’ Epidemiclink=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/12/22/uk_doctors_warn_of_wii_injury.html” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif” border=”0″ //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/27233451169/u/0/f/9581/c/552/s/43759203/a2.htm”img src=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/27233451169/u/0/f/9581/c/552/s/43759203/a2.img” border=”0″//a

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