Individual factors: |
Sex |
Age (classified into four categories)1-150 |
Body mass index (weight/height2, classified into four categories)1-150 |
Mental stress (classified into four categories)1-150 |
Smoking (non-, ex-, current smoker) |
Previous shoulder injuries (yes/no) |
Work related factors: |
Repetitive work (h/day, four categories) |
Hand-arm vibration (h/day, four categories) |
Daily lifting of loads (index, classified into five categories) |
Amount of twisting movements of the trunk during a workday (classified into three categories)1-150 |
Working with the trunk flexed forward (h/day, four categories)1-150 |
Working with a hand above shoulder level (h/day, classified into three categories)1-150 |
Working with rotated neck (h/day, three categories)1-150 |
Working in sitting position (h/day, three categories)1-150 |
Physical strenuousness of work (classified into three categories)1-150 |
Overload at work (difficulty at work, hurry at work, scoring of both 1–5, sum score variable, classified into three categories)1-150 |
Risk of accident at work due to tripping, slipping, climbing stairs, etc. (classified into three categories) |
Frequency of physical exercise (times/week, classified into three categories) |
Sports activity (added score variable, classified into three categories)1-150 |
Different types of sports: (indices, classified into three categories) |
Jogging, orienteering, competition walking1-150 |
Walking |
Bicycling |
Cross country skiing, biathlon, skating1-150 |
Swimming, water polo |
Trekking, hunting |
Dancing1-150 |
Keep fit weight lifting, competition weight lifting, body building |
Gymnastics, aerobic dance |
Downhill skiing |
Tennis, squash, badminton |
Basketball, European football (soccer), floorball |
Ice hockey, bandy |
Volleyball |
Other modes |
↵1-150 Variables with significance (at 5% level) in exploratory analyses.