Work-related musculoskeletal injuries among upper extremity surgeons: A web-based survey

Table 1 Demographics of surveyed upper extremity surgeons

	Number	Percentage (%)
Total respondents	142	100
Sex
Male	129	90.8
Female	13	9.2
Hand dominance
Right	122	85.9
Left	20	14.1

Table 2 Percentage of surveyed upper extremity surgeons with disorders and their requirement of time off work according to sex, age, hand dominance, type of practice, number of institutes, years in practice and annual caseload

	Number of respondents (%)	Number of respondents with injuries (%)	Number of injured requiring time off work (%)
Age (yr)
≤ 45	38.7	81.8	14.5
46-55	26.8	92.1	34.2
56-65	26.1	70.3	29.7
> 65	8.4	91.7	8.3
Sex
Male	90.8	92.2	24
Female	9.2	61.5	15.4
Hand dominance
Right	85.9	88.5	26.2
Left	14.1	95	5
Type of practice
Academic	50.7	88.9	23.6
Community	23.2	87.9	21.2
Private	18.3	88.5	26.9
Other	7.8	100	18.2
Number of institutes
1	92.3	88.5	23.7
> 1	7.7	100	18.2
Year in practice
≤ 10	26.7	78.9	15.8
11-20	35.2	90	26
21-30	21.2	100	30
> 30	16.9	91.7	20.8
Annual caseload
≤ 250	15.5	90.9	18.2
251-500	64.1	87.9	22
501-750	16.9	91.7	33.3
> 750	3.5	100	20

Table 3 Percentage of surveyed upper extremity surgeons with diagnosed disorders per region and number of respondents requiring treatment, requiring surgical treatment and requiring time-off work due to their musculoskeletal disorders

Region	Percentage of respondents with injuries	Percentage of injured respondents requiring treatment	Percentage of treated respondents requiring surgical treatment	Percentage of treated respondents requiring time-off work
Neck	32.3	17.7	5.9	4.4
Shoulder	36.0	22.8	6.6	7.4
Elbow	27.2	14.0	2.2	1.5
Forearm, wrist and hand	32.3	13.2	4.4	3.7
Hip and thigh	6.8	3.0	3.0	2.3
Knee and lower leg	15.9	9.1	6.1	4.6
Foot and ankle	10.6	4.6	0	0
Lower back	43.9	26.5	3.0	5.3