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ArticleBMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation2022

Musculoskeletal pain and its association with health status, maturity, and sports performance in adolescent sport school students: a 2-year follow-up.

Julia S Malmborg, Ann Bremander, Stefan Bergman, Emma Haglund, M Charlotte Olsson

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Article in BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Julia S MalmborgDepartment of Environmental and Biosciences, School of Business, Innovation and Sustainability, Halmstad University, Box 823, 301 18, Halmstad, Sweden. julia.malmborg@fou-spenshult.se.
Ann BremanderDepartment of Environmental and Biosciences, School of Business, Innovation and Sustainability, Halmstad University, Box 823, 301 18, Halmstad, Sweden.
Stefan BergmanSpenshult Research and Development Center, FoU Spenshult, Bäckagårdsvägen 47, 302 74, Halmstad, Sweden.
Emma HaglundDepartment of Environmental and Biosciences, School of Business, Innovation and Sustainability, Halmstad University, Box 823, 301 18, Halmstad, Sweden.
M Charlotte OlssonDepartment of Environmental and Biosciences, School of Business, Innovation and Sustainability, Halmstad University, Box 823, 301 18, Halmstad, Sweden.
Halmstad University · SESpenshult Hospital · SEUniversity of Southern Denmark · DK

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Region Halland HALLAND-469111Region Halland HALLAND-639101
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMusculoskeletal pain and its risk factors are rarely assessed in studies on adolescent athletes. The aim was to identify risk factors at baseline that were associated with the persistence or development of musculoskeletal pain at a two-year follow-up in adolescent sport school students, and to study cross-sectional associations at follow-up between musculoskeletal pain and sports performance.

methodsSport school students (79 boys and 52 girls, aged 14 years at baseline) were divided into infrequent (never-monthly) or frequent (weekly-almost daily) pain groups, based on frequency of pain using a pain mannequin. Logistic regression analyses were performed to study longitudinal associations between frequent pain at follow-up and baseline variables: pain group, number of regions with frequent pain, health status by EQ-5D, maturity offset (pre, average, or post peak height velocity), and sports (contact or non-contact). Linear regression analyses were used to study cross-sectional associations between pain groups and 20-m sprint, agility T-test, counter-movement jump, and grip strength at follow-up. Results were stratified by sex.

resultsA higher percentage of girls than boys reported frequent pain at follow-up (62% vs. 37%; p = 0.005). In boys, frequent pain at follow-up was associated with being pre peak height velocity at baseline (OR 3.884, CI 1.146-13.171; p = 0.029) and participating in non-contact sports (OR 3.429, CI 1.001-11.748; p = 0.050). In girls, frequent pain at follow-up was associated with having frequent pain in two or more body regions at baseline (OR 3.600, CI 1.033-12.542; p = 0.044), having a worse health status at baseline (OR 3.571, CI 1.026-12.434; p = 0.045), and participating in non-contact sports (OR 8.282, CI 2.011-34.116; p = 0.003). In boys, frequent pain was associated with worse performances in 20-m sprint and counter-movement jump, but not in agility T-test and grip strength.

conclusionsBaseline risk factors for having frequent pain at follow-up were late maturation in boys, frequent pain and worse health status in girls, and participation in non-contact sports in both sexes. Boys with pain performed worse in sports tests. Coaches and school health-care services should pay attention to the risk factors and work towards preventing pain from becoming persistent.

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EpidemiologyExercise physiologyHealth statusMaturitySports performance

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PMID35313966
PMCPMC8939173
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