Table 3 Analysis by Kendall's rank correlation of the relation between algesia and vibratory threshold in individually innervated territories and the summarized pain in 96 participants
From: A cross-sectional study of the relation between symptoms and physical findings in computer operators
Sensory innervation territory | Number of limbs with sensory abnormalities (median pain score) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mouse operating limbs | Non-mouse operating limbs | Mouse operating limbs | Non-mouse operating limbs | ||||||
Slight | Severe | Slight | Severe | Kendall's tau-b | P | Kendall's tau-b | P | ||
Algesia | Axillary | 29 (4) | - | 8 (0) | - | 0.1557 | 0.0817 | 0.0719 | 0.4640 |
Musculocutaneous | 23 (4) | 1 (5) | 5 (0) | - | 0.1507 | 0.0905 | 0.0863 | 0.3797 | |
Median | 16 (4 1/2) | - | 1 (3) | - | 0.1053 | 0.2400 | 0.1404 | 0.1545 | |
Radial | 22 (4 1/2) | - | 3 (0) | - | 0.1871 | 0.3640 | 0.0175 | 0.8680 | |
Ulnar | 1 (8) | - | 1 (0) | - | 0.1097 | 0.2258 | -0.0553 | 0.5852 | |
Vibration | Median | 56 (3 1/2) | 2 (2 1/2) | 14 (0) | - | 0.2527 | 0.0043 | 0.1192 | 0.2217 |
Radial | 56 (3 1/2) | - | 11 (0) | - | 0.2108 | 0.0183 | 0.0169 | 0.8678 | |
Ulnar | 22 (3 1/2) | - | 6 (0) | - | 0.1214 | 0.1749 | 0.0560 | 0.5704 | |