Anyone who uses a computer keyboard for as little as an hour a day needs the ErgoStar. As a group, women are more at risk than men. There are several reasons for this.
Women tend to do more of the repetitive computer tasks than men do.
They also have less muscle mass than men have, and a greater percentage of women fall outside the height range considered the norm. Yes, there are also genetic factors. As with many other injuries, some people have a genetic predisposition to getting them. Another factor is how your work at the computer is accomplished during a day. Consider two people doing the same number of keystrokes in the same amount of time at a computer.