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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Joint pain and osteoarthritis in former recreational and elite cricketers

Characteristics

All former cricketers (n = 846)

Former cricketers with joint pain

(n = 404)

Former cricketers without joint pain

(n = 431)

Age, years

62 (54–69)

63 (55–70)

62 (54–69)

Body mass index, kg/m2

27.94 (25.26–30.74)

28.48 (25.83–31.40)

27.54 (24.68–30.09)

Sex

 Female

24 (3%)

13 (3%)

10 (2%)

 Male

815 (97%)

387 (97%)

418 (97%)

 Other / Don’t wish to disclose

2 (0%)

1 (0%)

1 (0%)

Cricket-related injury

355 (43%)

193 (49%)

160 (38%)

Main playing position

 Bowler

180 (23%)

98 (26%)

81 (20%)

 Wicketkeeper-batter

124 (16%)

53 (14%)

71 (18%)

 All-rounder

311 (39%)

165 (43%)

140 (35%)

 Batter

183 (23%)

66 (17%)

113 (28%)

Playing standard

 Elite standard

318 (38%)

165 (42%)

149 (35%)

 Recreational standard

511 (62%)

232 (58%)

274 (65%)

Length of play, seasons

33 (21–41)

35 (25–42)

31 (20–40)

Years since retirement from cricket, years

10 (3–18)

10 (3–18)

8 (3–18)

Retirement reasons

 Due to chronic pain or injury

317 (37%)

221 (55%)

93 (22%)

 Personal or family-related reasons

224 (26%)

91 (23%)

125 (29%)

 No longer good at it / or no longer enjoyed it

187 (22%)

83 (21%)

101 (23%)

 Age

345 (41%)

170 (42%)

171 (40%)

 Lack of time or work related commitments

203 (24%)

90 (22%)

111 (26%)

 To focus on another sport/ exercise

57 (7%)

21 (5%)

35 (8%)

 Didn’t get along with team mates or coach

7 (1%)

3 (1%)

4 (1%)

 Other

109 (13%)

44 (11%)

63 (15%)

Smoker

 Yes

50 (6%)

24 (6%)

26 (6%)

 No

616 (73%)

277 (69%)

328 (77%)

 Ex-smoker

174 (21%)

100 (25%)

74 (17%)

Employment status

 Full-time

346 (41%)

151 (37%)

189 (45%)

 Part-time/casual

93 (11%)

41 (10%)

51 (12%)

 Student

1 (0%)

1 (0%)

0 (0%)

 Stay at home parent/carer

8 (1%)

5 (1%)

3 (1%)

 Retired

385 (46%)

204 (50%)

177 (42%)

 Unempleyed

6 (1%)

2 (0%)

4 (1%)

Education

 GCSE/O level/A level

241 (29%)

114 (29%)

124 (29%)

 Further/Higher education

551 (66%)

257 (65%)

287 (67%)

 Other

45 (5%)

27 (7%)

17 (4%)

  1. • All values are presented as count (proportion) or median (interquartile range);
  2. • All the available data for the participant demographics were reported with the missing data in each variable excluded, for instance, 11 participants with missing joint-pain data were excluded from the subgroups of former cricketers with and without joint pain;
  3. • ‘Joint pain’: ‘Have you had pain in your hip/groin, knee, ankle, shoulder, hand/finger, spine/back, or other joint(s) on most days of the last month?’;
  4. • ‘Main playing position’: ‘What is/was your predominant position(s) of play?’ Multiple positions could be selected so this was recoded into mutually exclusive categories: ‘batter’ (only ‘Batter’ selected); ‘bowler’ (only ‘Bowler’ selected); ‘all-rounder’ (‘All-rounder’ and/or both ‘Batter’ and ‘Bowler’ were selected); ‘wicketkeeper-batter’ (only ‘Wicketkeeper’ or both ‘Wicketkeeper’ and ‘Batter’ were selected); other combinations of playing positions (e.g. ‘Wicketkeeper’ and ‘Bowler’) (n = 34) were excluded;
  5. • All values are presented as count (proportion) or median (interquartile range);
  6. • ‘Playing standard’: ‘What was the highest standard of cricket that you played for at least one season?’ Responses were dichotomised into ‘elite standard’ (‘International’, ‘County or premier league’, or ‘Academy or county age group’) and ‘recreational standard’ (‘University’, ‘School’, or ‘Village or social’);
  7. • ‘Length of play’: ‘Approximately how many seasons have you played cricket for?’
  8. • ‘Cricket-related injury’: ‘Have you ever had any cricket-related injuries leading to more than 4 weeks of reduced participation in exercise, training or sport?’ If yes, indicate where (hip/groin, knee, ankle, shoulder, hand/finger, spine/back, other joint(s)).
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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