Table 6: Relationship between the 12-month prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and good postures adopted during the use of a smartphone.
12-month Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Pain |
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Good 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 |
-0.049 |
0.331 |
0.071 |
0.570 |
0.056 |
0.742 |
0.098 |
0.279 |
-0.051 |
0.305 |
-0.056 |
0.261 |
0.005 |
0.924 |
-0.024 |
0.635 |
0.001 |
0.980 |
2 |
-0.094 |
0.059 |
0.085 |
0.413 |
0.070 |
0.579 |
0.096 |
0.296 |
-0.035 |
0.490 |
-0.052 |
0.296 |
0.006 |
0.904 |
-0.023 |
0.641 |
-0.063 |
0.210 |
3 |
-0.059 |
0.242 |
0.111 |
0.179 |
0.131 |
0.077 |
0.086 |
0.394 |
-0.129 |
0.010 |
-0.045 |
0.373 |
0.024 |
0.630 |
-0.020 |
0.683 |
0.033 |
0.512 |
4 |
0.009 |
0.857 |
0.014 |
0.994 |
0.055 |
0.748 |
0.109 |
0.190 |
0.055 |
0.275 |
-0.031 |
0.538 |
-0.005 |
0.918 |
0.030 |
0.549 |
-0.095 |
0.059 |
5 |
-0.110 |
0.027 |
0.075 |
0.525 |
0.083 |
0.429 |
0.042 |
0.870 |
-0.016 |
0.755 |
-0.060 |
0.232 |
-0.072 |
0.150 |
0.063 |
0.207 |
0.000 |
0.998 |
6 |
-0.088 |
0.077 |
0.105 |
0.224 |
0.090 |
0.358 |
0.107 |
0.203 |
-0.174 |
0.000 |
-0.059 |
0.240 |
-0.037 |
0.464 |
0.039 |
0.431 |
0.015 |
0.771 |
Note: Where r = correlation coefficient and p = corresponding probability value and significant at ≤ 0.05.