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ArticleSports (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Fitness Trainers' Educational Qualification and Experience and Its Association with Their Trainees' Musculoskeletal Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Sohel Ahmed, Mamunur Rashid, Abu-Sufian Sarkar, Mohammad Jahirul Islam, Rahemun Akter, Masudur Rahman, Shahana Islam, Devjanee Sheel, Sarwar Alam Polash, Mahfuza Akter and 2 more

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Article in Sports (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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12 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Sohel AhmedDepartment of Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation, Mount Adora Hospital, Akhalia, Sylhet 3100, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0001-8706-9841
Mamunur RashidDepartment of Public Health and Sports Science, Faculty of Occupational and Health Sciences, University of Gävle, Kungsbacksvägen, 80176 Gävle, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-7558-4168
Abu-Sufian SarkarBashundhara Kings Football Club, Block: D, Bashundhara R/A, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0003-1383-3733
Mohammad Jahirul IslamDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, M A G Osmani Medical College Hospital, Sylhet 3100, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0002-7893-1855
Rahemun AkterDepartment of Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation, Mount Adora Hospital, Akhalia, Sylhet 3100, Bangladesh.
Masudur RahmanDream Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Center, Paikpara, Barhmanbaria 3400, Bangladesh.
Shahana IslamDepartment of Physiotherapy, CB Hospital Ltd., Polashpole, Satkhira 9400, Bangladesh.
Devjanee SheelDepartment of Physiotherapy, Shiekh Fazilatunnessa Mujib Memorial KPJ Specialized Hospital, Gazipur 1700, Bangladesh.
Sarwar Alam PolashGonoshasthay Somajvittik Physiotherapy College, Mirzanagar, Saver, Dhaka 1344, Bangladesh.
Mahfuza AkterDepartment of Physiotherapy, Caritas Bangladesh, Ashulia, Saver, Dhaka 1344, Bangladesh.
Shayed AfrideGonoshasthay Somajvittik Physiotherapy College, Mirzanagar, Saver, Dhaka 1344, Bangladesh.
Manzur KaderDepartment of Medicine, Solna, Clinical Epidemiology Division, Karolinska Institutet, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-8181-648X
Gono University · BDKarolinska Institutet · SESylhet MAG Osmani Medical College · BDUniversity of Gävle · SE

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Abstract

This is a cross-sectional study that examined the association between fitness trainers’ educational qualifications and experience, and the risk of their trainees’ musculoskeletal pain. The study included 1177 trainees (aged 15−60 years) from 74 fitness centers in Bangladesh. Data were collected by using the Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire, including potential confounders such as demographic factors (e.g., age, occupation), and training-related factors (e.g., workout knowledge, overweight lifting). Multiple logistic regression was performed for a binary outcome (pain—yes or no), and a generalized linear model was fitted for the ordinal outcome (pain—sites of the body). The trainers’ lower experience (no or ≤1 year) was associated with higher odds of their trainees’ musculoskeletal pain (OR: 2.53, 95% CI: 1.18−5.44) compared to trainers with >5 years of experience; however, no association was found between the trainers’ education and the risk of their trainees’ musculoskeletal pain, after controlling for potential confounders. Similarly, the trainees trained by trainers with lower experience had more than two-time the risk of having pain in different sites (IRR: 2.04, 95% CI: 1.50−2.79). The trainers’ experience may play a pivotal role in the trainees’ musculoskeletal pain. Further study is warranted in this regard.

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