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06 September 2023 : Clinical Research  

Comparative Risk Analysis of Low Back Pain among Professional Football, Ice Hockey, and Floorball Athletes

Magdaléna Hagovská ORCID logo1CDEF*, Alena Buková ORCID logo2AB, Peter Takáč1DE, Viliam Knap1F, Perla Ondová1F, Katarína Oravcová1F, Anna Kubincová1F

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.941386

Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e941386

Table 1 Demographics: Mean values and statistical comparison of total sample and of football, ice hockey, floorball players.

ParameterN=388TotalSample(x±SD)FootballN=148(x±SD)Ice HockeyN=179(x±SD)FloorballN=61(x±SD)P
Age27.26±4.6926.87±5.5828.24±3.8525.31±3.830.07
Weight81.04±9.4477.88±7.8184.88±8.9977.46±7.810.08
Height181.27±6.93181.35±7.57181.59±6.48180.16±6.570.44
BMI – body mass index24.66±2.4523.73±2.2925.72±2.1823.80±2.320.51
Years of doing sports17.01±6.0417.23±5.6217.00±6.1016.81±4.570.88
Days of doing sports4.12±1.424.23±2.394.02±1.224.11±0.660.90
Minutes of doing sports96.79±11.0197.84±10.8795.70±11.3196.83±10.860.09
ODI index4.37±6.133.59±5.845.31±6.623.48±4.910.06
ODI – Oswestry Disability Index; values – analysis of variance AVOVA; x – mean; SD – standard deviation.

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