Fitness Trainers' Educational Qualification and Experience and Its Association with Their Trainees' Musculoskeletal Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT: This is a cross-sectional study that examined the association between fitness trainers' educational qualifications and experience, and the risk of their trainees' musculoskeletal pain. The study included 1177 trainees (aged 15-60 years) from 74 fitness centers in Bangladesh. Data were collected by using the Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire, including potential confounders such as demographic factors (e.g., age, occupation), and training-related factors (e.g., workout knowledge, overweight lifting). Multiple logistic regression was performed for a binary outcome (pain-yes or no), and a generalized linear model was fitted for the ordinal outcome (pain-sites of the body). The trainers' lower experience (no or ≤1 year) was associated with higher odds of their trainees' musculoskeletal pain

SUBMITTER: Ahmed S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9501401 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature