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

06 September 2023: Clinical Research

Magdaléna Hagovská ^1CDEF* , Alena Buková ^2AB , Peter Takáč ^1DE , Viliam Knap ^1F , Perla Ondová ^1F , Katarína Oravcová ^1F , Anna Kubincová ^1F

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=388	TotalSample(x±SD)	FootballN=148(x±SD)	Ice HockeyN=179(x±SD)	FloorballN=61(x±SD)	P
Age	27.26±4.69	26.87±5.58	28.24±3.85	25.31±3.83	0.07
Weight	81.04±9.44	77.88±7.81	84.88±8.99	77.46±7.81	0.08
Height	181.27±6.93	181.35±7.57	181.59±6.48	180.16±6.57	0.44
BMI – body mass index	24.66±2.45	23.73±2.29	25.72±2.18	23.80±2.32	0.51
Years of doing sports	17.01±6.04	17.23±5.62	17.00±6.10	16.81±4.57	0.88
Days of doing sports	4.12±1.42	4.23±2.39	4.02±1.22	4.11±0.66	0.90
Minutes of doing sports	96.79±11.01	97.84±10.87	95.70±11.31	96.83±10.86	0.09
ODI index	4.37±6.13	3.59±5.84	5.31±6.62	3.48±4.91	0.06
ODI – Oswestry Disability Index; values – analysis of variance AVOVA; x – mean; SD – standard deviation.