Association between muscle strength, upper extremity fatigue resistance, work ability and upper extremity dysfunction in a sample of workers at a tertiary hospital

Table 3 Muscle strength values comparation between symptomatic X asymptomatic upper extremity with Biodex System 4 Pro™

Segment	Movement	Symptomatic/ Asymptomatic		P value
Shoulder^a	Abduction	27.19	27.57	0.30
	Adduction	46.96	53.50	0.87
	Internal rotation	28.40	24.65	0.55
	External rotation	15.68	14.75	0.59
Elbow^a	Flexion	25.10	21.83	0.20
Elbow^a	Extension	32.67	36.12	0.12
Hand^b	Hand grip	25.34	25.87	0.87

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