Department of Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
School of Health, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil. 2024;37(5):1141-1150. doi: 10.3233/BMR-230213.
Student circus artists put constant stress on their back. However, the presence of low back pain (LBP) and related disability in this population remains unclear.
To 1) examine LBP history in circus artists and compare related disability scores using the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) and the Athlete Disability Index (ADI), and 2) examine the correlation between LBP-related disability scores, pain intensity and pain catastrophizing.
Thirty-three circus students completed an online survey on demographics, training history, and LBP. Participants reporting LBP filled the ODI, ADI, numerical pain rating scale (NPRS), and Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS). Descriptive statistics and Pearson's correlation coefficients were used to assess the correlations between the ODI, ADI, NPRS, and PCS.
There was a significant positive correlation between the ODI and ADI (r= 0.77, p< 0.001) and between the NPRS and ADI (r= 0.52, p= 0.03), but no correlation between NPRS and ODI. While the PCS scores were significantly correlated with the NPRS ((r= 0.71; p< 0.001) and the ADI (r= 0.51; p= 0.032), no correlation was observed between the PCS and ODI scores (p= 0.088). Based on the ODI scores, 94.44% of the artists reporting LBP were classified with mild disability, 5.56% moderate, and 0% severe disability as compared to 66.67%, 27.78% and 5.55% with the ADI, respectively.
Our study highlights the potential of the ADI as an effective tool for assessing LBP-related disability in circus artists, supported by a strong correlation with the NPRS.
学生马戏艺术家经常给他们的背部带来压力。然而,该人群中腰痛(LBP)和相关残疾的存在尚不清楚。
1)检查马戏团艺术家的 LBP 病史,并使用 Oswestry 残疾指数(ODI)和运动员残疾指数(ADI)比较相关残疾评分,2)检查 LBP 相关残疾评分、疼痛强度和疼痛灾难化之间的相关性。
33 名马戏学生完成了一份关于人口统计学、训练历史和 LBP 的在线调查。报告 LBP 的参与者填写了 ODI、ADI、数字疼痛评分量表(NPRS)和疼痛灾难化量表(PCS)。使用描述性统计和 Pearson 相关系数评估 ODI、ADI、NPRS 和 PCS 之间的相关性。
ODI 和 ADI 之间存在显著正相关(r=0.77,p<0.001),NPRS 和 ADI 之间也存在显著正相关(r=0.52,p=0.03),但 NPRS 和 ODI 之间没有相关性。PCS 评分与 NPRS 显著相关(r=0.71;p<0.001)和 ADI(r=0.51;p=0.032),但 PCS 和 ODI 评分之间没有相关性(p=0.088)。根据 ODI 评分,94.44%报告 LBP 的艺术家被归类为轻度残疾,5.56%为中度残疾,0%为重度残疾,而 ADI 分别为 66.67%、27.78%和 5.55%。
我们的研究强调了 ADI 作为评估马戏团艺术家 LBP 相关残疾的有效工具的潜力,这一潜力得到了与 NPRS 的强相关性的支持。