Table 1.
Prevalence of the site-specific MSDs at aged 18 year and older
| Age groups | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18–44 | ≥ 45 | Total | p valueb | |
| 241 | 117 | 358 | ||
| Lower back | 82 (34.0)a | 68 (58.1) | 150 (41.9) | < 0.001 |
| Neck | 53 (22.0) | 56 (47.9) | 109 (30.4) | < 0.001 |
| Upper back | 52 (21.6) | 36 (30.8) | 88 (24.6) | 0.058 |
| Shoulder | 45 (18.7) | 38 (32.5) | 83 (23.2) | 0.004 |
| Knee | 42 (17.4) | 41 (35.0) | 83 (23.2) | < 0.001 |
| Wrist | 47 (19.5) | 29 (24.8) | 76 (21.2) | 0.251 |
| Elbow | 34 (14.1) | 25 (21.4) | 59 (16.5) | 0.082 |
| Hip | 28 (11.6) | 26 (22.2) | 54 (15.1) | 0.009 |
| Ankle | 21 (8.7) | 22 (18.8) | 43 (12.0) | 0.006 |
anumber (%), bresulted from Pearson chi-square test