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Physical fitness characteristics and neck and shoulder pain incidence in school‐aged children—A 2‐year follow‐up

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Neck and shoulder pain (NSP) is common in school age, but preventative factors have not been identified. The purpose was to study whether a fitness test could be used to predict the incidence of NSP and determine whether good physical fitness characters would be associated with...

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Autores principales: Pirnes, Katariina Pauliina, Kallio, Jouni Juhani, Hakonen, Harto Juho, Hautala, Arto Jorma, Joensuu, Laura, Häkkinen, Arja Helena, Tammelin, Tuija Heini
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Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9547342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36248347
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.852
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author Pirnes, Katariina Pauliina
Kallio, Jouni Juhani
Hakonen, Harto Juho
Hautala, Arto Jorma
Joensuu, Laura
Häkkinen, Arja Helena
Tammelin, Tuija Heini
author_facet Pirnes, Katariina Pauliina
Kallio, Jouni Juhani
Hakonen, Harto Juho
Hautala, Arto Jorma
Joensuu, Laura
Häkkinen, Arja Helena
Tammelin, Tuija Heini
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description BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Neck and shoulder pain (NSP) is common in school age, but preventative factors have not been identified. The purpose was to study whether a fitness test could be used to predict the incidence of NSP and determine whether good physical fitness characters would be associated with lower NSP incidence in school‐aged children at 2‐year follow‐up. METHODS: After the invitation to nine schools, 970 children (10–15 years old) agreed to participate. Flexibility, fundamental movement skills, musculoskeletal fitness, and cardiorespiratory fitness measurements included in Finnish Schools on the Move! monitoring system for physical functional capacity were measured at baseline in 2013. The NSP incidence was assessed by an online survey during school hours after 1 and 2 years. Logistic regression was used to analyze associations between physical fitness characteristics and NSP incidence. RESULTS: The mean prevalence of NSP was 26% at baseline. The NSP incidence was 15% in the first and 18% in the second follow‐up year. Good physical fitness was not associated with lower NSP incidence in the 2‐year follow‐up. Successful lower back extension (odds ratio [OR] = 2.83) and good scores in curl‐up (OR = 1.80) adjusted with age, gender, and body mass index, were associated with higher NSP incidence between T0 and T2. Throwing–catching combination (OR = 0.55) was associated with a lower NSP incidence in unadjusted analysis, but the association did not remain after adjustments. CONCLUSION: Good physical fitness characteristics were not consistently associated with a lower NSP incidence in school‐aged children in a 2‐year follow‐up. The role of general field‐based physical fitness test as a screening tool for NSP incidence remains unconfirmed. More longitudinal studies are needed to detect the factors underlying NSP incidence in school‐aged children.
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spelling pubmed-95473422022-10-14 Physical fitness characteristics and neck and shoulder pain incidence in school‐aged children—A 2‐year follow‐up Pirnes, Katariina Pauliina Kallio, Jouni Juhani Hakonen, Harto Juho Hautala, Arto Jorma Joensuu, Laura Häkkinen, Arja Helena Tammelin, Tuija Heini Health Sci Rep Original Research BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Neck and shoulder pain (NSP) is common in school age, but preventative factors have not been identified. The purpose was to study whether a fitness test could be used to predict the incidence of NSP and determine whether good physical fitness characters would be associated with lower NSP incidence in school‐aged children at 2‐year follow‐up. METHODS: After the invitation to nine schools, 970 children (10–15 years old) agreed to participate. Flexibility, fundamental movement skills, musculoskeletal fitness, and cardiorespiratory fitness measurements included in Finnish Schools on the Move! monitoring system for physical functional capacity were measured at baseline in 2013. The NSP incidence was assessed by an online survey during school hours after 1 and 2 years. Logistic regression was used to analyze associations between physical fitness characteristics and NSP incidence. RESULTS: The mean prevalence of NSP was 26% at baseline. The NSP incidence was 15% in the first and 18% in the second follow‐up year. Good physical fitness was not associated with lower NSP incidence in the 2‐year follow‐up. Successful lower back extension (odds ratio [OR] = 2.83) and good scores in curl‐up (OR = 1.80) adjusted with age, gender, and body mass index, were associated with higher NSP incidence between T0 and T2. Throwing–catching combination (OR = 0.55) was associated with a lower NSP incidence in unadjusted analysis, but the association did not remain after adjustments. CONCLUSION: Good physical fitness characteristics were not consistently associated with a lower NSP incidence in school‐aged children in a 2‐year follow‐up. The role of general field‐based physical fitness test as a screening tool for NSP incidence remains unconfirmed. More longitudinal studies are needed to detect the factors underlying NSP incidence in school‐aged children. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-10-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9547342/ /pubmed/36248347 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.852 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Health Science Reports published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Pirnes, Katariina Pauliina
Kallio, Jouni Juhani
Hakonen, Harto Juho
Hautala, Arto Jorma
Joensuu, Laura
Häkkinen, Arja Helena
Tammelin, Tuija Heini
Physical fitness characteristics and neck and shoulder pain incidence in school‐aged children—A 2‐year follow‐up
title Physical fitness characteristics and neck and shoulder pain incidence in school‐aged children—A 2‐year follow‐up
title_full Physical fitness characteristics and neck and shoulder pain incidence in school‐aged children—A 2‐year follow‐up
title_fullStr Physical fitness characteristics and neck and shoulder pain incidence in school‐aged children—A 2‐year follow‐up
title_full_unstemmed Physical fitness characteristics and neck and shoulder pain incidence in school‐aged children—A 2‐year follow‐up
title_short Physical fitness characteristics and neck and shoulder pain incidence in school‐aged children—A 2‐year follow‐up
title_sort physical fitness characteristics and neck and shoulder pain incidence in school‐aged children—a 2‐year follow‐up
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9547342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36248347
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.852
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