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. 2012 Mar 18;86(2):233–243. doi: 10.1007/s00420-012-0758-4

Table 1.

Identification and quantification of knee-straining postures within measurement (M) and both questionnaires (Qt 0 and Qt 1)

Postures Identification of knee postures (percentage of agreement) Duration of knee-straining activities (min)
Survey t 0 (n = 190) Survey t 1 (n = 125)
M − Qt 0 M − Qt 1 M Qt 0 M Qt 1
(n = 190) (n = 125) Median (range) Mean (SD) Median (range) Mean (SD) Median (range) Mean (SD) Median (range) Mean (SD)
Unsupported kneeling 90.0 87.2 15.3 (0.0–125.0) 20.9 (20.3) 20.0 (0.0–1,064.0) 52.8 (116.6) 17.2 (0.0–125.0) 22.8 (21.7) 20.0 (0.0–1,400.0) 76.4 (194.2)
Supported kneeling 85.8 81.6 2.9 (0.0–73.0) 9.2 (14.3) 11.0 (0.0–1,200.0) 44.9 (115.1) 2.6 (0.0–73.0) 10.5 (15.9) 25.0 (0.0–18,000.0) 316.3 (1,795.2)
Sitting on heels 71.6 76.8 1.4 (0.0–57.9) 4.2 (6.8) 1.5 (0.0–360.0) 16.7 (46.0) 1.8 (0.0–57.9) 4.5 (7.6) 11.0 (0.0–18,000.0) 193.8 (1,607.5)
Squatting 67.4 67.2 0.9 (0.0–83.4) 5.0 (11.5) 2.5 (0.0–300.0) 17.3 (37.8) 0.8 (0.0–78.6) 4.5 (10.2) 6.0 (0.0–2,000) 54.4 (204.5)
Crawling 73.2 57.6 0.0 (0.0–7.0) 0.2 (0.9) 0.0 (0.0–900.0) 19.2 (90.5) 0.0 (0.0–7.0) 0.3 (1.0) 2.0 (0.0–9,000.0) 121.7 (822.9)
Knee postures in total 100.0 95.2 32.7 (0.0–146.8) 39.3 (32.3) 60.0 (0.0–2,200.0) 152.2 (279.4) 33.9 (0.0–146.8) 42.6 (34.5) 105.0 (0.0–39,850) 762.6 (3,977.0)