Table 2 Symptom prevalence and related impact differences between athletes and controls
From: Musculoskeletal symptoms in an adolescent athlete population: a comparative study
Musculoskeletal symptoms prevalence 6-months | Prevalence of school and/or work absence related to symptoms | Prevalence of reduction in physical/leisure activities related to symptoms | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Athletes n (%) | Control n (%) | Χ2 (df) p | Athletes n (%) | Control n (%) | Χ2 (df) p | Athletes n (%) | Control n (%) | Χ2 (df) p | |
Neck | 462/1754 (26.3) | 335/686 (48.8) | 113.444 (1) | 28/1754 (1.6) | 29/686 (4.2) | 14.963 (1) | 85/1754 (4.8) | 64/685 (9.3) | 17.368 (1) |
<0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||||||
Upper back | 318/1754 (18.1) | 284/688 (41.3) | 142.566 (1) | 20/1754 (1.1) | 39/688 (5.7) | 42.980 (1) | 83/1754 (4.7) | 82/687 (11.9) | 40.648 (1) |
<0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||||||
Low back | 628/1752 (35.8) | 310/683 (45.4) | 18.898 (1) | 57/1753 (3.3) | 46/683 (6.7) | 14.728 (1) | 210/1753 (12.0) | 114/682 (16.7) | 9.547 (1) |
<0.001 | <0.001 | 0.002 | |||||||
Shoulders | 496/1752 (28.3) | 253/682 (37.1) | 17.790 (1) | 32/1752 (1.8) | 26/680 (3.8) | 8.392 (1) | 188/1751 (10.7) | 63/681 (9.3) | 1.169 (1) |
<0.001 | 0.004 | 0.280 | |||||||
Elbows | 200/1753 (11.4) | 59/681 (8.7) | 3.887 (1) | 12/1753 (0.7) | 6/679 (0.9) | 0.264 (1) | 68/1753 (3.9) | 18/681 (2.6) | 2.198 (1) |
0.049 | 0.607 | 0.138 | |||||||
Wrists/Hands | 306/1755 (17.4) | 164/690 (23.8) | 12.789 (1) | 31/1755 (1.8) | 17/688 (2.5) | 1.274 (1) | 118/1755 (6.7) | 44/686 (6.4) | 0.076 (1) |
<0.001 | 0.259 | 0.782 | |||||||
Hips/thighs | 377/1755 (21.5) | 146/688 (21.2) | 0.020 (1) | 25/1754 (1.4) | 15/687 (2.2) | 1.760 (1) | 146/1754 (8.3) | 38/686 (5.5) | 5.484 (1) |
0.888 | 0.185 | 0.019 | |||||||
Knees | 665/1755 (37.9) | 264/687 (38.4) | 0.060 (1) | 70/1753 (4.0) | 41/686 (6.0) | 4.466 (1) | 298/1754 (17.0) | 111/687 (16.2) | 0.245 (1) |
0.806 | 0.035 | 0.620 | |||||||
Ankles/feet | 600/1751 (34.3) | 242/686 (35.3) | 0.223 (1) | 95/1751 (5.4) | 44/681 (6.5) | 0.976 (1) | 310/1751 (17.7) | 119/682 (17.4) | 0.022 (1) |
0.637 | 0.323 | 0.882 | |||||||