Table 4 Impact of WMSDs among physical therapists working in Kuwait.
| Â | Neck | Shoulder | Elbow | Hand/Wrist | Upper back | Lower back | Hip/thigh | Knee | Ankle/feet | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of sick leave taken | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
   0 | 75 | 85.2 | 39 | 90.7 | 11 | 100.0 | 25 | 89.3 | 47 | 88.7 | 72 | 74.2 | 11 | 78.6 | 33 | 89.2 | 21 | 87.5 |
   1 | 8 | 9.1 | 3 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.1 | 3 | 5.7 | 9 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 |
   2 to 5 | 4 | 4.5 | 1 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.6 | 3 | 5.7 | 14 | 14.4 | 2 | 14.3 | 1 | 2.7 | 2 | 8.3 |
   5 + | 1 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.1 | 1 | 7.1 | 1 | 2.7 | 1 | 4.2 |
Total no. of days with sick leave | Â | |||||||||||||||||
   0 | 79 | 89.9 | 38 | 90.5 | 11 | 100.0 | 25 | 89.3 | 47 | 88.7 | 71 | 73.2 | 11 | 78.6 | 34 | 91.9 | 21 | 87.5 |
   1 to 7 | 8 | 9.1 | 4 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10.7 | 6 | 11.3 | 21 | 21.6 | 2 | 14.3 | 3 | 8.1 | 2 | 8.3 |
   8 to 14 | 1 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
   15+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.1 | 1 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.2 |