Slacker or sick?

Slacker or sick?: "Early nerve damage caused by repetitive strain injuries can trigger 'sick worker' syndrome -- characterized by malaise, fatigue and depression, and often mistaken for poor performance, according to a study by Ann Barr, Ph.D., and Mary Barbe, Ph.D., at Temple University's College of Health Professions. The study, 'Increase in inflammatory cytokines in median nerves in a rat model of repetitive motion injury,' is published this month in the Journal of Neuroimmunology. "