Associations between Distal Upper Extremity Job Physical Factors and Psychosocial Measures in a Pooled Study

Table 1

Descriptive statistics for the pooled population and job physical factors for the typical job on the right hand ().

	Mean ± SD or (%)	Min–max
Age (years)	41.13 ± 11.34	18.0–72.0
Female gender	1096 (59.8%)
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	28.67 ± 6.49	15.9–58.6
Never smoke tobacco	1104 (60.2%)
Diabetes mellitus	87 (4.7%)
Thyroid problems	114 (6.2%)
Total duration (%)	66.1 ± 22.4	0–100
Forceful duration (%)	40.5 ± 31.3	0–100
Total exertions (per minute)	22.2 ± 16.7	0–112.9
Forceful exertions (per minute)	13.8 ± 15.7	0–111.3
Hand activity level rating	3.4 ± 1.9	0–7.9
Overall force (Borg rating)	2.3 ± 1.6	0–9
Peak force (Borg rating)	2.7 ± 1.7	0–10
Strain Index	6.7 ± 9.9	0.3–117.0
TLV for HAL	0.64 ± 0.63	0.00–8.00