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

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

 

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.