Girl Researches Playstation Thumb

Posted on June 23, 2005

A 13-year-old girl in South Africa has done a research project on "Playstation Thumb" that has been picked up by the BBC. The BBC reports that Safura Abdool Karim studied 120 of her classmates and determined that 45 of them played regularly. Of these 45 regular players, 15 reported Playstation thumb symptoms which included blisters, numbness and tingling in the thumb. Fortunately, Safura will never ever have to worry about getting Playstation thumb:

She said she herself did not own a PlayStation because they were a "waste of time."

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