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