10187
2017
2017
eng
5
postprint
1
2017-01-12
2017-01-12
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Incidence of back pain in adolescent athletes
Background
Recently, the incidence rate of back pain (BP) in adolescents has been reported at 21%. However, the development of BP in adolescent athletes is unclear. Hence, the purpose of this study was to examine the incidence of BP in young elite athletes in relation to gender and type of sport practiced.
Methods
Subjective BP was assessed in 321 elite adolescent athletes (m/f 57%/43%; 13.2 ± 1.4 years; 163.4 ± 11.4 cm; 52.6 ± 12.6 kg; 5.0 ± 2.6 training yrs; 7.6 ± 5.3 training h/week). Initially, all athletes were free of pain. The main outcome criterion was the incidence of back pain [%] analyzed in terms of pain development from the first measurement day (M1) to the second measurement day (M2) after 2.0 ± 1.0 year. Participants were classified into athletes who developed back pain (BPD) and athletes who did not develop back pain (nBPD). BP (acute or within the last 7 days) was assessed with a 5-step face scale (face 1–2 = no pain; face 3–5 = pain). BPD included all athletes who reported faces 1 and 2 at M1 and faces 3 to 5 at M2. nBPD were all athletes who reported face 1 or 2 at both M1 and M2. Data was analyzed descriptively. Additionally, a Chi2 test was used to analyze gender- and sport-specific differences (p = 0.05).
Results
Thirty-two athletes were categorized as BPD (10%). The gender difference was 5% (m/f: 12%/7%) but did not show statistical significance (p = 0.15). The incidence of BP ranged between 6 and 15% for the different sport categories. Game sports (15%) showed the highest, and explosive strength sports (6%) the lowest incidence. Anthropometrics or training characteristics did not significantly influence BPD (p = 0.14 gender to p = 0.90 sports; r2 = 0.0825).
Conclusions
BP incidence was lower in adolescent athletes compared to young non-athletes and even to the general adult population. Consequently, it can be concluded that high-performance sports do not lead to an additional increase in back pain incidence during early adolescence. Nevertheless, back pain prevention programs should be implemented into daily training routines for sport categories identified as showing high incidence rates.
a prospective study
urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-101874
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Universität Potsdam, Publikationsfonds
PA 2016_47
1661.24
BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation (2016) 8:38. - DOI: 10.1186/s13102-016-0064-7
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Steffen Müller
Juliane Müller
Josefine Stoll
Olaf Prieske
Michael Cassel
Frank Mayer
Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe
310
eng
uncontrolled
Injury
eng
uncontrolled
Pain occurrence
eng
uncontrolled
Training volume
eng
uncontrolled
Young athletes
Medizin und Gesundheit
open_access
Referiert
Open Access
Department Sport- und Gesundheitswissenschaften
BioMed Central
Universität Potsdam
https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/files/10187/phr310_online.pdf
10185
2016
2016
eng
5
8
article
BioMed Central
London
1
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2016-12-07
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Incidence of back pain in adolescent athletes
Background
Recently, the incidence rate of back pain (BP) in adolescents has been reported at 21%. However, the development of BP in adolescent athletes is unclear. Hence, the purpose of this study was to examine the incidence of BP in young elite athletes in relation to gender and type of sport practiced.
Methods
Subjective BP was assessed in 321 elite adolescent athletes (m/f 57%/43%; 13.2 ± 1.4 years; 163.4 ± 11.4 cm; 52.6 ± 12.6 kg; 5.0 ± 2.6 training yrs; 7.6 ± 5.3 training h/week). Initially, all athletes were free of pain. The main outcome criterion was the incidence of back pain [%] analyzed in terms of pain development from the first measurement day (M1) to the second measurement day (M2) after 2.0 ± 1.0 year. Participants were classified into athletes who developed back pain (BPD) and athletes who did not develop back pain (nBPD). BP (acute or within the last 7 days) was assessed with a 5-step face scale (face 1–2 = no pain; face 3–5 = pain). BPD included all athletes who reported faces 1 and 2 at M1 and faces 3 to 5 at M2. nBPD were all athletes who reported face 1 or 2 at both M1 and M2. Data was analyzed descriptively. Additionally, a Chi2 test was used to analyze gender- and sport-specific differences (p = 0.05).
Results
Thirty-two athletes were categorized as BPD (10%). The gender difference was 5% (m/f: 12%/7%) but did not show statistical significance (p = 0.15). The incidence of BP ranged between 6 and 15% for the different sport categories. Game sports (15%) showed the highest, and explosive strength sports (6%) the lowest incidence. Anthropometrics or training characteristics did not significantly influence BPD (p = 0.14 gender to p = 0.90 sports; r2 = 0.0825).
Conclusions
BP incidence was lower in adolescent athletes compared to young non-athletes and even to the general adult population. Consequently, it can be concluded that high-performance sports do not lead to an additional increase in back pain incidence during early adolescence. Nevertheless, back pain prevention programs should be implemented into daily training routines for sport categories identified as showing high incidence rates.
BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation
a prospective study
10.1186/s13102-016-0064-7
2052-1847
Universität Potsdam, Publikationsfonds
PA 2016_47
1661.24
online registration
38
<a href="http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-101874">Zweitveröffentlichung in der Schriftenreihe Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe ; 310</a>
CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International
Steffen Müller
Juliane Müller
Josefine Stoll
Olaf Prieske
Michael Cassel
Frank Mayer
eng
uncontrolled
Pain occurrence
eng
uncontrolled
Young athletes
eng
uncontrolled
Injury
eng
uncontrolled
Training volume
Medizin und Gesundheit
Referiert
Publikationsfonds der Universität Potsdam
Open Access
Department Sport- und Gesundheitswissenschaften
Universität Potsdam