Table 2.

Correlation between work experience and MSDs in various upper body regions

Body regions	Work experience
	Pearson correlation (r)	Significance value
Neck	−0.065	0.458
Left biceps	−0.176*	0.044
Left triceps	−0.175*	0.045
Left elbow	−0.196*	0.025
Left lower arm	−0.173*	0.048
Left wrist	−0.297**	0.001
Left hand	−0.184*	0.034
Left shoulder	−0.196*	0.024
Right biceps	−0.168	0.054
Right triceps	−0.132	0.132
Right elbow	−0.241**	0.005
Lower back	−0.234**	0.007
Right lower arm	−0.233**	0.007
Right wrist	−0.256**	0.003
Right hand	−0.051	0.565
Upper back	−0.128	0.143
Right shoulder	−0.041	0.637

^∗Significant at p < 0.05.

^∗∗significant at p < 0.01.