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Table 3 Back pain and hip pain associated with knee pain and ankle pain among youth soccer players

From: Association between trunk pain and lower extremity pain among youth soccer players: a cross-sectional study

Pain sites

Back pain

P value

Hip pain

P value

 

absence (n = 1,103)

presence (n = 36)

 

absence (n = 1,099)

presence (n = 40)

 

Knee pain (n = 107)

 OR (95% CI)a

1.00

10.07 (5.06-20.06)

<0.001

1.00

5.83 (2.94-11.54)

<0.001

 Adjusted OR (95% CI)b

1.00

7.63 (3.70-15.76)

<0.001

1.00

3.84 (1.89-7.83)

<0.001

Ankle pain (n = 152)

 OR (95% CI)a

1.00

9.20 (4.65-18.19)

<0.001

1.00

6.57 (3.44-12.54)

<0.001

 Adjusted OR (95% CI)b

1.00

9.03 (4.42-18.44)

<0.001

1.00

5.43 (2.77-10.62)

<0.001

Both knee pain and ankle pain (n = 46)

 OR (95% CI)a

1.00

15.72 (7.26-34.04)

<0.001

1.00

8.33 (3.70-18.76)

<0.001

 Adjusted OR (95% CI)b

1.00

13.67 (6.01-31.09)

<0.001

1.00

5.98 (2.56-13.97)

<0.001

  1. Reference category: Neither knee nor ankle pain
  2. OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Intervals
  3. a Crude model
  4. b Adjusted for sex (female or male), age (6-10 years or 11-15 years), BMI (<18.5, 18.5 to <25, or ≥25), height increase (continuous variable), number of days of training time/week (<3 or ≥3), practice time/day on weekdays (<2 or ≥2 hrs), practice time/day on weekends (<3 or ≥3 hrs), competitive levels (low or high), frequency of participation in games (frequently or not), and previous injuries (absence, presence or unknown)