Table 3. Location of back pain.
Neck | Upper back | Lower back | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Athletes | Controls | p | Athletes | Controls | p | Athletes | Controls | p | |
Lifetime [%] | 63 | 50 | 0.001 | 46 | 39 | n.s. | 77 | 71 | 0.045 |
12-month [%] | 52 | 39 | 0.001 | 36 | 27 | 0.009 | 65 | 58 | ns |
3-month [%] | 37 | 30 | 0.035 | 27 | 22 | n.s. | 50 | 46 | ns |
7-day [%] | 23 | 22 | n.s. | 16 | 15 | n.s. | 34 | 29 | ns |
ns = not significant