Most adults aged 18-21 prefer texting over e-mail or phone calls, and now ergonomics researchers are starting to wonder whether it’s putting the younger generation at risk for overuse injuries — once reserved for older adults who have spent years in front of a computer. Judith Gold, an assistant professor of Epidemiology at the College of Health Professions and Social Work, thinks this might be the case. At this year’s annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, she presented preliminary research that suggested that the more college students texted, the more pain they experienced in their neck and shoulders.