Research Article
Central Sensitization and Perceived Indoor Climate among Workers with Chronic Upper-Limb Pain: Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Descriptive statistics for the main study variables. Mean (SD).
| | | Chronic pain () | Control () |
| | Demographics | | | | Age (years) | 45 (11) | 45 (11) | | Height (cm) | 179 (7) | 178 (7) | | Weight (kg) | 90 (16) | 87 (13) | | Body mass index (kg⋅m2) | 28 (5) | 28 (5) | | Proportion of smokers (%) | 41 | 25 | | Clinical | | | | Shoulder pain intensity in the previous week (0–10) | 5.6 (2.3) | 0.1 (0.3) | | Elbow/forearm pain intensity in the previous week (0–10) | 3.9 (2.7) | 0.0 (0.2) | | Hand/wrist pain intensity in the previous week (0–10) | 3.7 (2.9) | 0.2 (0.6) | | Pain duration >3 months (%) | 100 | 0 | | PPT tibialis anterior (kPa) | 805 (205) | 1014 (285) | | PPT extensor carpi radialis brevis (kPa) | 639 (147) | 918 (201) | | PPT infraspinatus (kPa) | 573 (138) | 753 (178) | | Hand grip strength (Kg) | 39 (14) | 51 (10) | | Work-related | | | | Weekly working hours | 40 (1) | 39 (6) | | Duration of slaughterhouse work (years) | 17 (10) | 16 (13) | | DASH work module (0–100) | 28 (17) | 0 (0) |
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