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ArticleEuropean journal of pediatrics2022

Exceeding 2-h sedentary time per day is not associated with moderate to severe spinal pain in 11- to 13-year-olds: a cross-sectional analysis.

Laura R C Montgomery, Steven J Kamper, Jan Hartvigsen, Simon D French, Lise Hestbaek, Jens Troelsen, Michael S Swain

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Article in European journal of pediatrics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Laura R C MontgomerySchool of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. laura.montgomery@sydney.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1634-0846
Steven J KamperSchool of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3012-5499
Jan HartvigsenDepartment of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5876-7410
Simon D FrenchDepartment of Chiropractic, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7061-7706
Lise HestbaekDepartment of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1620-4556
Jens TroelsenDepartment of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8105-0349
Michael S SwainSydney Local Health District, Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2184-8409
The University of Sydney · AUUniversity of Southern Denmark · DKMacquarie University · AU

Funding

Chiropractic Australia Research Foundation N/ANational Health and Medical Research Council N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neck, mid-back and low back pain, collectively known as spinal pain, become more common with increasing age across childhood and adolescence. A common belief among the general community is that sedentary time, including screen time, in adolescents is associated with spinal pain. We aimed to investigate whether exceeding 2-h of sedentary time per day is associated with moderate to severe spinal pain in a sample of Danish adolescents aged 11-13 years. We performed a cross-sectional analysis of the SPACE study baseline data (2010). Adolescents self-reported their spinal pain (outcome) via the Young Spine Questionnaire and duration of engagement in sedentary behaviours (exposure). We provide estimates of associations as odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals, stratified by age and sex. The sample comprised 1,303 adolescents (48.7% female, mean age 12.5 years, range 10.9-14.3 years). Approximately 9 out of 10 adolescents exceeded 2-h sedentary time on weekdays outside of school (88.9%) and weekend days (89.9%). Close to one-quarter, 23.3% (95%CI: 21.0-25.6), of participants experienced moderate to severe spinal pain. We found no association between exceeding 2-h sedentary time per day and experiencing moderate to severe spinal pain; odds ratios ranged from 0.34 (95%CI: 0.04-3.20) to 4.65 (95%CI: 0.26-82.44).Conclusion: We found no association between exceeding 2- or 5-h of sedentary time per day and moderate to severe spinal pain in this sample of 11-13-year-old Danish adolescents. Our cross-sectional analysis does not consider the longitudinal or complex sequences of events necessary to address predictive or causal questions. What is Known: • Up to a third of adolescents experience moderate to severe spinal pain, predisposing them to chronic spinal pain in adulthood. • Frequent and excessive sedentary time is associated with poor overall health in adolescents; there is conflicting evidence to suggest whether it is also related to spinal pain. What is New: • We found no association between sedentary time and moderate to severe spinal pain in 11- to 13-year-old Danes.

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Screen TimeSedentary BehaviorAdolescentAdultChildCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMalePainSchoolsAdolescentBack painChildScreen timeSedentary time

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