ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2019
Gender differences in the prevalence of low back pain associated with sports activities in children and adolescents: a six-year annual survey of a birth cohort in Niigata City, Japan.
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- Physical activity and low back pain in children and adolescents: a systematic review.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2021Pooled it
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- Association between low back pain and limited lower-extremity flexibility in elementary school-aged softball players: a cross-sectional study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Prevalence and risk factors of non-specific low back pain among amateur overhead athletes in Gauteng Province.South African journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
- The Impact of Physical Activity on Adolescent Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Association between Physical Fitness and Low Back Pain: The Pepe Cross-Sectional Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Global, regional and national burden of low back pain 1990-2019: A systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease study 2019.Journal of orthopaedic translation · 2022Review
- Global, regional, and national neck pain burden in the general population, 1990-2019: An analysis of the global burden of disease study 2019.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Musculoskeletal Pain and Non-Classroom Teaching in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of the Impact on Students from Two Spanish Universities.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Motor performance and back pain in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.Systematic reviews · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study was conducted to determine gender differences in the relationship between extracurricular sports activities (ECSA) and low back pain (LBP) in children and adolescents.
methodsIn a cohort analysis of a 6-year birth cohort annual survey, students were followed from the fourth to sixth grades of elementary school (E4-E6; 9-12 years old) through the first to third grades of junior high school (J1-J3; 12-15 years old). All students completed annual questionnaires on ECSA and LBP. The odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated to assess the association strength between ECSA and LBP. We also calculated the population attributable fraction (PAF), which was defined as the proportion of students with ECSA-related LBP among all students with LBP.
resultsECSA was significantly associated with LBP only in grade J3 among boys (OR: 2.00, 95% CI: 1.47-2.71). On the other hand, among girls, ECSA was significantly associated with LBP in grades E5 (OR: 1.48, 95% CI: 1.00-2.20), E6 (OR: 1.91, 95% CI: 1.33-2.75), and J3 (OR: 1.81, 95% CI: 1.26-2.61). Among boys, PAF was similar in all grades (range, 10-16%), whereas among girls, the PAF varied (- 11 to 29%) and was significantly higher in girls than in boys in grades E5 (19.0% vs. 1.1%, P < 0.01) and E6 (28.8% vs. 12.8%, P < 0.01).
conclusionsAlthough there was a link between ECSA and LBP in both boys and girls, girls were more susceptible to ECSA-related LBP, especially in grades E5 and E6.
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