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Table 4 Prevalence of NSP 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 = 772)

Girls (n = 865)

Variables

Category

Member

Non-member

P-value*

Member

Non-member

P-value*

  

n

%

n

%

 

n

%

n

%

 

NSPa

Yes

130

26.5

81

28.8

0.481

222

47.1

236

59.9

<0.001

 

No

361

73.5

200

71.2

 

249

52.9

158

40.1

 

Frequent NSPb

Yes

19

3.9

23

8.2

<0.02

67

14.2

104

26.4

<0.001

 

No

472

96.1

258

91.8

 

404

85.8

290

73.6

 
  1. Statistically significant results are indicated in bold
  2. *p-value for difference between members and non-members of sports clubs
  3. aNSP more than once a month
  4. bNSP at least once a week
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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