Table 5: Relationship between the 12-month prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and faulty postures adopted during the use of a smartphone.
12-month Prevalence of Musculoskeletal pain |
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Faulty postures |
Neck pain |
Shoulder pain |
Elbow pain |
Wrists/hand pain |
Upper back pain |
Lower back pain |
One/both hip/thigh pain |
One/both knee pain |
One /both ankles/feet pain |
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|
r |
p |
r |
p |
r |
p |
r |
p |
r |
p |
r |
p |
r |
p |
r |
p |
r |
p |
1 |
-0.135 |
0.007 |
0.073 |
0.549 |
0.091 |
0.348 |
0.109 |
0.190 |
-0.045 |
0.368 |
-0.070 |
0.163 |
-0.029 |
0.557 |
-0.037 |
0.456 |
0.002 |
0.965 |
2 |
-0.154 |
0.002 |
0.127 |
0.090 |
0.054 |
0.765 |
0.066 |
0.631 |
-0.127 |
0.011 |
-0.72 |
0.151 |
-0.032 |
0.519 |
-0.127 |
0.011 |
-0.099 |
0.049 |
3 |
-0.122 |
0.014 |
0.100 |
0.264 |
0.072 |
0.558 |
0.110 |
0.183 |
-0.090 |
0.071 |
-0.066 |
0.190 |
-0.047 |
0.342 |
-0.037 |
0.463 |
-0.083 |
0.097 |
4 |
-0.103 |
0.039 |
0.122 |
0.116 |
0.064 |
0.656 |
0.126 |
0.095 |
-0.092 |
0.066 |
-0.117 |
0.019 |
0.003 |
0.956 |
-0.023 |
0.646 |
0.001 |
0.979 |
5 |
-0.021 |
0.677 |
0.137 |
0.057 |
0.068 |
0.608 |
0.112 |
0.172 |
-0.078 |
0.120 |
-0.035 |
0.489 |
-0.096 |
0.055 |
-0.074 |
0.140 |
-0.035 |
0.484 |
6 |
-0.029 |
0.563 |
0.082 |
0.444 |
0.074 |
0.531 |
0.112 |
0.171 |
0.020 |
0.690 |
0.023 |
0.652 |
-0.019 |
0.705 |
0.007 |
0.884 |
-0.005 |
0.919 |
Note: Where r = correlation coefficient and p = corresponding probability value and significant at ≤ 0.05.