Self-reported prevalence, pain intensity and risk factors of low back pain in adolescent rowers

Understanding Adolescent Low Back Pain From a Multidimensional Perspective: Implications for Management

“…65 This group was chosen because it is known to be at risk for developing LBP. 39 These brief intervention studies demonstrated re ductions in pain and disability, as well as improvements in back and lowerlimb endurance, while maintaining the ado lescents in their sport. 38,52 There was also evidence in 1 study of improvements in mental health, as measured by the Child Behaviour Checklist.…”

“…Sports Involvement In a schoolbased study that investigated LBP in adolescent rowers, we documented a high prevalence of LBP across a rowing season in both ad olescent boys and girls. 39 The Raine Study also found that involvement in sport out side school for individuals 14 years of age was predictive of LBP with impact at 17 years of age. 57 This evidence suggests a re lationship between LBP and spinal load ing related to sport, which is consistent with reports in adult populations.…”

Self-reported prevalence of low back pain in Estonian rowers

“…Participants in this study completed a single questionnaire [16] distributed by the researchers via e-mail at the start of the competitive rowing seasons (April -May). The questionnaire was in an online format (Google Forms).…”

“…Permission to conduct this study was granted by the Research Ethics Committee of University of Tartu (approval number 247T_17). The questionnaire [16] included questions on general characteristics such as age, height and body mass followed by questions related to prevalence of LBP. Explanations for LBP were given in the questionnaire and it was defined as pain located between L1 and gluteal folds, and this area of the body was pictured in the questionnaire [16].…”

“…Aggravating factors of LBP from previous research [5,22,26,29] indicate that repeated spinal flexion loading coupled with high training volume and intensity, higher body mass and greater height, training volume on rowing ergometer and increased lumbar flexion during ergometer training were linked with LBP in rowers [21,30]. These aggravating factors may vary, since it has been shown that males row with a more slouched posture than females during ergometer rowing [16] and males seem to have poorer relative back muscle endurance than females [14].…”