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 3 Percentage and estimate of the relative risk occurrence of lower back pain (LBP) of football, ice hockey, and floorball players.

Low back pain	Total	ODI+	ODI%	OR	95% CI	p
Football	148	63	42.6	0.49	0.32–0.74	0.001
Hokey	179	114	63.7	2.18	1.45–3.29	0.001
Floorball	61	30	49.2	0.82	0.47–1.41	0.471
Logistic regression analysis was used to determine the estimate of relative risk occurrence (odds ratio [OR]) with a 95%, confidence interval (CI) prevalence of pain in%; (ODI+) athletes with pain; ODI + means an ODI index value greater than 0. There were 207 participants with pain and 181 without pain.