Table 3.
Categorical descriptive data for athletes with CLPP, healthy athletes and total sample.
| Categorical Data |
Total Group (N = 30) |
CLPP Athletes (n = 15) |
Healthy Athletes (n = 15) |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPAQ category * | Moderate | 9 (30%) | 3 (20%) | 6 (40%) | NS † |
| Vigorous | 21 (70%) | 12 (80%) | 9 (60%) | ||
| Sport category | Basketball | 9 (30%) | 6 (40%) | 3 (20%) | NS ‡ |
| Football | 1 (3.3%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (6.7%) | ||
| Fitness | 20 (66.7%) | 9 (60%) | 11 (73.3%) | ||
| Dominant side | Right | 24 (80%) | 12 (80%) | 12 (80%) | NS ‡ |
| Left | 3 (10%) | 1 (6.7%) | 2 (13.3%) | ||
| Both | 3 (10%) | 3 (13.3%) | 1 (6.7%) | ||
| Handed throw side | Right | 24 (80%) | 13 (86.7%) | 11 (73.3%) | NS ‡ |
| Left | 4 (13.3%) | 1 (6.7%) | 3 (20%) | ||
| Both | 2 (6.7%) | 1 (6.7%) | 1 (6.7%) | ||
| Foot jump side | Right | 14 (46.7%) | 8 (53.3%) | 6 (40%) | NS ‡ |
| Left | 15 (50%) | 6 (40%) | 9 (60%) | ||
| Both | 1 (3.3%) | 1 (6.7%) | 0 (0%) | ||
Abbreviations: CLPP, chronic lumbo-pelvic pain; IPAQ, International Physical Activity Questionnaire; METs, metabolic equivalent index per week; NS, no significant. † Frequency and percentage (%) as well as Fisher exact test were used. ‡ Frequency and percentage (%) as well as Chi-squared test (χ2) were used. * Physical activity levels were divided into moderate (<1500 METs/min/week) or vigorous (≥1500 METs/min/week) according to IPAQ. METS were calculated as total index of metabolic equivalents per minute/week for different physical activity levels [66]. For all analyses, p < 0.05 (for a confidence interval of 95%) was considered as statistically significant.