Muntaner-Mas Adrià, Palou Pere, Ortega Francisco B, Vidal-Conti Josep
Physical Activity and Sports Science Research Group (GICAFE), Faculty of Education, University of Balearic Islands, Balearic Islands, Spain.
Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil. 2018;31(5):811-819. doi: 10.3233/BMR-171062.
Low back pain (LBP) is one of the biggest health problems worldwide.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between sports participation (duration and type) and LBP related outcomes in childhood.
This cross-sectional study involved 5th and 6th grade primary school students. The final sample included 2,032 children aged 10-12 years old. Children completed a questionnaire about the prevalence of LBP and some LBP-related outcomes. In addition, the participants were surveyed about the type of sport they did and the duration.
There appears to be no relation between sports participation and severity of LBP-related outcomes studied, independently of their duration. Participating in football ⩾ 4 hours per week was associated with a decrease of six LBP-related outcomes (OR ranging from 0.54 to 0.66). Basketball participation does not seem to affect the development of back problems amongst children.
It can be suggested with caution that doing sport is not dangerous for LBP problems in children aged 10-12 years old. Nevertheless, this suggestion should be tested with further longitudinal and intervention studies to confirm the results.
腰痛是全球最大的健康问题之一。
本研究旨在调查儿童时期运动参与情况（持续时间和类型）与腰痛相关结果之间的关联。
这项横断面研究涉及五年级和六年级的小学生。最终样本包括2032名10 - 12岁的儿童。孩子们完成了一份关于腰痛患病率和一些与腰痛相关结果的问卷。此外，还对参与者进行了关于他们所从事运动的类型和持续时间的调查。
在所研究的与腰痛相关的结果严重程度方面，运动参与情况与其持续时间无关，二者似乎没有关联。每周参加足球运动⩾4小时与六种与腰痛相关的结果减少有关（比值比范围为0.54至0.66）。参与篮球运动似乎不会影响儿童背部问题的发展。
可以谨慎地提出，对于10 - 12岁的儿童，进行运动对腰痛问题并无危害。然而，这一建议应通过进一步的纵向研究和干预研究进行验证，以确认结果。
