Table 4 Analysis by Kendall's rank correlation of the relation between mechanical allodynia over nerves and the summarized pain in 96 participants
From: A cross-sectional study of the relation between symptoms and physical findings in computer operators
Mechanosensitivity of nerve trunks | Number of limbs with mechanical allodynia (median pain score) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mouse operating limbs | Non-mouse operating limbs | Mouse operating limbs | Non-mouse operating limbs | |||||
Mild | Moderate to severe | Mild | Moderate to severe | Kendall's tau-b | P | Kendall's tau-b | P | |
Supraclavicular brachial plexus | 6 (5) | - | - | 1 (8) | 0.0968 | 0.2812 | 0.1681 | 0.0875 |
Clavicular brachial plexus | 4 (7) | 1 (0) | - | - | 0.1296 | 0.1469 | - | - |
Infraclavicular brachial plexus | 23 (4) | 11 (5) | 13 (0) | 2 (8) | 0.1442 | 0.0947 | 0.1121 | 0.2463 |
Median nerve (elbow) | 24 (3) | 7 (5) | 16 (0) | 2 (8) | 0.1110 | 0.2027 | 0.2187 | 0.0257 |
Posterior interosseous nerve | 37 (4) | 9 (8) | 26 (0) | 1 (5) | 0.2768 | 0.0013 | 0.2463 | 0.0109 |
Ulnar nerve (sulcus) | - | - | 1 (14) | - | - | - | - | - |
Median nerve (carpal tunnel) | - | - | 1 (11) | - | - | - | - | - |