Back Pain Related with Age, Anthropometric Variables, Sagittal Spinal Curvatures, Hamstring Extensibility, Physical Activity and Health Related Quality of Life in Male and Female High School Students

Noelia González-Gálvez, Raquel Vaquero-Cristóbal, Abraham López-Vivancos, Mario Albaladejo-Saura and Pablo Jorge Marcos-Pardo
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Noelia González-Gálvez: Faculty of Sports, Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Murcia, Campus de los Jerónimos, 30107 Guadalupe, Murcia, Spain
Raquel Vaquero-Cristóbal: Faculty of Sports, Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Murcia, Campus de los Jerónimos, 30107 Guadalupe, Murcia, Spain
Abraham López-Vivancos: Faculty of Sports, Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Murcia, Campus de los Jerónimos, 30107 Guadalupe, Murcia, Spain
Mario Albaladejo-Saura: Kinanthropometry International Chair, Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Murcia, Campus de los Jerónimos, 30107 Guadalupe, Murcia, Spain
Pablo Jorge Marcos-Pardo: Faculty of Sports, Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Murcia, Campus de los Jerónimos, 30107 Guadalupe, Murcia, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 19, 1-16

Abstract: Spinal pain (SP) is widely extended among adolescents. The origin of SP can be multifactorial; thus, the present study aimed to estimate the prevalence and risk of SP in high school students and to determine the differences in sagittal spinal curvatures and pelvic tilt, hamstring extensibility, age, anthropometric variables and healthy lifestyle habits dependent on SP between sexes. Two hundred seventy-three teenagers took part in this cross-sectional study. Age, sagittal spinal curvatures, hamstring extensibility, physical activity, sedentary lifestyle, anthropometric variables and health related quality of life (HRQL) were recorded. SP was reported by 16.12% of adolescents. Differences were observed in the HRQL according to SP ( p < 0.05). Participants without SP were less sedentary (22.12%) and younger (13.10 years old) than participants with SP (40.91% and 13.66, respectively) ( p < 0.05). A logistic regression model showed that both variables were significantly collinear (VIF = 1.01; Durbin-Watson = 2.10). Subjects with low back pain (LBP) had a higher weight, body max index, and hip girth than subjects without pain ( p < 0.05). A misalignment in the lumbar spine was associated with LBP for males (Cramer’s V = 0.204, p = 0.022). In conclusion, adolescents with SP were older and had a lower HRQL in all dimensions. SP could be predicted according to age and sedentary habits.

Keywords: low back pain; physical activity; postural habits; quality of life; secondary school; spine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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