ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2009
Low back pain status in elite and semi-elite Australian football codes: a cross-sectional survey of football (soccer), Australian rules, rugby league, rugby union and non-athletic controls.
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- Is There a Relationship Between Workload and Occurrence of Back Pain and Back Injuries in Athletes?Frontiers in physiology · 2020Review
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- Passive hip range of motion is reduced in active subjects with chronic low back pain compared to controls.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2015Article
- Low Back Pain in Athletes Is Associated with General and Sport Specific Risk Factors: A Comprehensive Review of Longitudinal Studies.Rehabilitation research and practice · 2015Review
- [Pain perception in athletes: characteristic features in pain processing by athletes compared to non-athletes].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2014Article
- Self-correction in biomedical publications and the scientific impact.Croatian medical journal · 2014Article
- Rural workers' experience of low back pain: exploring why they continue to work.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2011Article
- Retraction. Low back pain status in elite and semi-elite Australian football codes: a cross-sectional survey of football (soccer), Australian-rules, rugby league, rugby union and non-athletic controls.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2011Article
- Low back pain in junior Australian rules football: a cross-sectional survey of elite juniors, non-elite juniors and non-football playing controls.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2010Article
- A descriptive study of a manual therapy intervention within a randomised controlled trial for hamstring and lower limb injury prevention.Chiropractic & osteopathy · 2010Article
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- Retraction · 2011-07-13Lack of Approval from Company/Institution · Lack of IRB/IACUC Approval and/or Compliance ·
- Retracted
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Abstract
backgroundOur understanding of the effects of football code participation on low back pain (LBP) is limited. It is unclear whether LBP is more prevalent in athletic populations or differs between levels of competition. Thus it was the aim of this study to document and compare the prevalence, intensity, quality and frequency of LBP between elite and semi-elite male Australian football code participants and a non-athletic group.
methodsA cross-sectional survey of elite and semi-elite male Australian football code participants and a non-athletic group was performed. Participants completed a self-reported questionnaire incorporating the Quadruple Visual Analogue Scale (QVAS) and McGill Pain Questionnaire (short form) (MPQ-SF), along with additional questions adapted from an Australian epidemiological study. Respondents were 271 elite players (mean age 23.3, range 17-39), 360 semi-elite players (mean age 23.8, range 16-46) and 148 non-athletic controls (mean age 23.9, range 18-39).
resultsGroups were matched for age (p = 0.42) and experienced the same age of first onset LBP (p = 0.40). A significant linear increase in LBP from the non-athletic group, to the semi-elite and elite groups for the QVAS and the MPQ-SF was evident (p < 0.001). Elite subjects were more likely to experience more frequent (daily or weekly OR 1.77, 95% CI 1.29-2.42) and severe LBP (discomforting and greater OR 1.75, 95% CI 1.29-2.38).
conclusionFoolers in Australia have significantly more severe and frequent LBP than a non-athletic group and this escalates with level of competition.
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