Is diversity of leisure-time sport activities associated with low back and neck-shoulder region pain? A Finnish twin cohort study.

ABSTRACT: This study investigates cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between the diversity of leisure-time sport activities and the frequencies of low back pain (LBP) and neck-shoulder region pain (NSP) in twins, including a cross-sectional within-pair design to adjust for potential familial confounding. Finnish twins born in 1975-79 (FinnTwin16 study) reported participation in leisure-time sport activities at the mean ages of 17 (1992-96) (n = 5096, 54% females) and 34 years (2010-12) (n = 3731, 57% females). Diversity assessed as the number of sport activities was categorized as 1, 2, 3, 4, and ≥ 5, excluding inactive individuals. The frequencies of LBP (n = 3201) and NSP (n = 3207), reported at age 34, were categorized as never/seldom, monthly, or weekly pai

SUBMITTER: Kaartinen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6626109 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature