Skip to main content

Table 3 Characteristics of LBP in members and non-members of sports clubs

From: Low back and neck and shoulder pain in members and non-members of adolescents’ sports clubs: the Finnish Health Promoting Sports Club (FHPSC) study

  

Boys (n = 381)

Girls (n = 530)

Variables

Category

Member

Non-member

P-value*

Member

Non-member

P-value*

  

n

%

n

%

 

n

%

n

%

 

LBP that has demanded medical assistance in the previous 12 monthsa

Yes

67

25.9

7

5.7

<0.001

47

16.5

31

12.6

0.201

No

192

74.1

115

94.3

 

237

83.5

215

87.4

 

NSAID use due to LBP symptoms

Yes

99

38.2

25

20.5

<0.002

111

39.1

112

45.5

0.134

No

160

61.8

97

79.5

 

173

60.9

134

54.5

 

Sleeping difficulties due to LBP

Yes

13

5.0

7

5.7

0.769

33

11.6

44

17.9

<0.05

No

246

95.0

115

94.3

 

251

88.4

202

82.1

 

Radiating LBPb

Yes

57

22.0

19

15.6

0.143

66

23.2

37

15.0

<0.02

No

202

78.0

103

84.4

 

218

76.8

209

85.0

 

Operation due to your LBP

Yes

2

0.8

0

0.0

0.330

1

0.4

1

0.4

0.919

No

257

99.2

122

100.0

 

283

99.6

245

99.6

 

LBP origin

     

0.413

    

0.653

 

Acutec

46

17.8

17

13.9

 

23

8.1

22

8.9

 

Overused

185

71.4

95

77.9

 

239

84.2

200

81.3

 

Both

28

10.8

10

8.2

 

22

7.7

24

9.8

 
  1. Statistically significant results are indicated in bold
  2. *p-value for difference between members and non-members of sports clubs
  3. a From a physician, physiotherapist, or chiropractor
  4. bLBP that radiates to the lower extremities (buttocks, thigh, knee, lower leg, or foot)
  5. c After injury to low back
  6. d Slowly without injury