Review Reports

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

This is a very skillfully designed study, with methods described in great detail enabling repetition by other researchers if needed.  Matching the pairs is almost complete - a very rare case among respective studies. 

All the aspects are well-covered in the discussion; the only issue, which may be further discussed is the question of the extent to which the hand grip force measurement reflects the forces needed in the tasks in concern in the real life (particularly in view of more common neck-shoulder diagnoses of the female workers that may affect the use of force in the forearm but not hand grip?). 

Do you have any recommendations for occupational health practitioners? 

 

Author Response

Please see the attachement.

Kind regards,

Mrs Gunilla Dahlgren

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Reviewer 2 Report

See attached file

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

Please see the attachement.

Kind regards

Mrs Gunilla Dahlgren

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

Authors have answered my concerns and nuanced their findings.