Table 4.
Pain severity correlation for 100 optometrists.
| Neck | Shoulder | Upper back | Lower back | Elbow | Wrist/Hand | Knee | Ankle/Foot | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neck | 1.0 | |||||||
| Shoulder | 0.74* | 1.0 | ||||||
| Upper back | 0.64* | 0.65* | 1.0 | |||||
| Lower back | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 1.0 | ||||
| Elbow | 0.01 | 0.16 | 0.03 | −0.01 | 1.0 | |||
| Wrist/Hand | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.14 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 1.0 | ||
| Knee | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.16 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 1.0 | |
| Ankle/Foot | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.39* | 0.28 | 0.38* | 1.0 |
Values represent Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients (rs) for associations between discomfort severity scores across body regions (n = 100). Bonferroni correction was applied for multiple comparisons (α = 0.05/28 = 0.0018).
* indicates statistically significant correlations after correction.