Growing up playing video games or even using my fingers in so many non gaming aspects has allowed me to strengthen my joints.  So when I see news of kids who play video games for more than an hour a day increase their chances of having wrist and finger pain.

This study if honestly true amazes me. Can video games be the true cause for this or could it be the food they eat or the exercising they are not doing? 

The lead author of the study knows this all too well. Deniz Ince, who’s 11 years old, got the idea to study joint pain among his classmates at Rossman Elementary in St. Louis, Mo., after noticing that his fingers ached while squeezing oranges. Deniz, an avid Wii player, wondered if his video game habit was the culprit.

With the help of his rheumatologist dad and researchers from New York University, the fifth-grader handed out questionnaires to 171 of his schoolmates who were 7 to 12 years old.  About 80 percent of them reported playing with game consoles (Xbox, PlayStation, Wii and the like) or hand-held devices (including iTouch, iPhone and PlayStation Portable). Roughly half of them said they used them less than an hour a day, about a third said they played one to two hours daily, 7 percent reported playing two to three hours a day and 6 percent reported playing more than three.