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Is being a daily participant with fewer teammates related to musculoskeletal ache in youth crew sports activities? A cross-sectional examine.
BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2017 Mar 14;18(1):105
Authors: Abe T, Kamada M, Kitayuguchi J, Okada S, Mutoh Y, Uchio Y
Summary
BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal ache (MSP) is a generally reported symptom in youth sports activities gamers. Some sports-related threat components have been reported, however earlier research on extrinsic threat components didn’t deal with administration of crew members (e.g., common or non-regular gamers, variety of gamers) for lowering sports-related MSP. This examine aimed to look at the affiliation of enjoying standing (common or non-regular gamers) and crew standing (fewer or extra teammates) with MSP in youth crew sports activities.
METHODS: A complete of 632 crew sports activities gamers (age: 12-18 years) in public colleges in Unnan, Japan accomplished a self-administered questionnaire to find out MSP (total, higher limbs, decrease again, and decrease limbs) and enjoying standing (common or non-regular gamers). Group standing was calculated as follows: teammate amount index (TQI)?=?[number of teammates in their grade]/[required number of players for the sport]. Associations between the prevalence of ache and joint classes of enjoying and crew standing have been examined by multivariable-adjusted Poisson regression.
RESULTS: A complete of 272 (44.three%) individuals had MSP not less than a number of occasions per week in not less than one a part of the physique. When divided by enjoying or crew standing, 140 (47.zero%) common and 130 (41.7%) non-regular gamers had MSP, whereas 142 (47.zero%) gamers with fewer teammates (decrease TQI) and 127 (41.eight%) gamers with extra teammates (larger TQI) had MSP. When analyzed collectively, common gamers with fewer teammates had the next prevalence of decrease again ache in contrast with non-regular gamers with extra teammates (21.three% vs eight.three%; prevalence ratio?=?2.08 [95% confidence interval 1.07-4.02]). The prevalence of MSP was highest in common gamers with fewer teammates for all different ache outcomes, however this was not vital.
CONCLUSION: Common gamers with fewer teammates have the next threat of decrease again ache. Future longitudinal investigations are required.
PMID: 28288602 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]