Associations between sport participation and knee symptoms: a cross-sectional study involving 3053 undergraduate students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While a number of studies have investigated knee symptoms among elite athletes, few have directly compared the association between engagement in different sports and knee symptoms among young adults in the general population. The current study aimed to investigate the relation between sports participation hours, type/ number of sports engaged, self-rated competitiveness and knee symptoms among undergraduates.

Methods

Undergraduates were invited to participate in a self-administered online survey through invitation emails. Respondents were instructed to provide demographic information (e.g., age, gender, sports participation hours, types of engaged sports, self-rated competitiveness in sports and anxiety level etc.) and to report knee symptoms (current, the last 7 

SUBMITTER: Chan LLY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7092581 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature