Miniscalpel-Needle Treatment Is Effective for Work-Related Neck and Shoulder Musculoskeletal Disorders

Table 1

The characteristics of the subjects in the MSD and control groups.

	⁢⁢MSD			⁢⁢Control			value
Occupation	Computer engineer	Nurse	Total	Computer engineer	Nurse	Total	0.213
Age, y (mean ± SD)							0.270
Gender (F/M)	14/9	8/0	22/9	9/7	12/0	21/7	0.728
BMI, kg/m^2 (mean ± SD)							0.368
Duration, m [median (range)]	3 (1, 3)	1.5 (1, 3)	3 (1, 3)
VAS [median (range)]	7 (5, 10)	6.5 (5, 10)	7 (5, 10)
NDI [median (range)]	15 (11, 31)	13.5 (10, 34)	15 (10, 34)

Normally distributed variables are reported as the mean ± standard deviation and nonnormally distributed variables as the median range. Categorical variable (gender and occupation) was compared using chi-squared test. Age and BMI were assessed using independent-sample -test.