Fact · Accessibility and health
CCOHS advises that when you rest on a wrist rest, the pad should contact the heel or palm of the hand, not the wrist.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“When resting, the pad should contact the heel or palm of your hand, not your wrist.”
Office Ergonomics - Wrist Rests, Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), n.d., Wrist rests: how to use them.
Open the original- What it measures
- CCOHS's office ergonomics guide to wrist rests, which follows the same advice as the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's workstation guidance.
- What it does not show
- This is practical positioning advice, not a measured result. It does not show that a correctly placed rest prevents carpal tunnel syndrome.