Table 3.
Correlation matrix (Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients; rs) for assigned physical exposures of the neck and right arm and for the reported psychosocial factors for men (N = 765–1113)/women (N = 2802–4673)
| Head | Trapezius | Upper arm | Forearm extensors | Wrist | Psychosocial factors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Velocity p50 | Activity p90 | Elevation p90 | Velocity p50 | Activity p90 | Flexion P50 | Velocity p50 | Job demands | Job control | Job support | |
| Head | ||||||||||
| Forward inclination (p90) | 0.8/0.3 | 0.7/0.6 | 0.5/0.5 | 0.7/0.2 | 0.7/0.0 | 0.6/0.7 | 0.8/−0.1 | − 0.2/0.2 | − 0.1/0.2 | 0.0/0.0 |
| Velocity (p50) | 0.9/0.7 | 0.4/0.6 | 1.0/1.0 | 0.8/0.7 | 0.7/0.7 | 0.9/0.8 | −0.2/0.1 | − 0.4/− 0.2 | −0.1/− 0.2 | |
| Trapezius | ||||||||||
| Activity (p90) | 0.5/0.6 | 0.9/0.8 | 0.8/0.7 | 0.4/0.7 | 0.9/0.7 | −0.1/0.0 | −0.4/− 0.3 | −0.1/− 0.2 | ||
| Upper arm | ||||||||||
| Elevation (p90) | 0.4/0.5 | 0.4/0.6 | 0.5/0.5 | 0.3/0.4 | −0.1/0.1 | 0.1/0.1 | 0.2/−0.1 | |||
| Velocity (p50) | 0.8/0.8 | 0.5/0.6 | 1.0/0.9 | −0.1/0.0 | − 0.4/− 0.3 | −0.2/− 0.2 | ||||
| Forearm extensors | ||||||||||
| Activity (p90) | 0.6/0.3 | 0.9/0.8 | −0.2/−0.2 | −0.4/− 0.2 | −0.1/− 0.2 | |||||
| Wrist | ||||||||||
| Palmar flexion (p50) | 0.6/0.4 | −0.1/0.1 | −0.3/− 0.1 | 0.0/− 0.2 | ||||||
| Velocity (p50) | −0.1/0.0 | −0.5/− 0.4 | −0.2/− 0.3 | |||||||
| Psychosocial factors | ||||||||||
| Job demands | −0.1/0.0 | − 0.1/0.0 | ||||||||
| Job control | 0.5/0.3 | |||||||||
For all values above 0.1 p < 0.05