Back pain in elite sports: A cross-sectional study on 1114 athletes.

To establish the prevalence of back pain in German elite athletes; examine the influence of age, sex, sports discipline and training volume; and compare elite athletes with a physically active control group.A standardized and validated online back pain questionnaire was sent by the German Olympic Sp...

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Main Authors: Daniela Fett, Katharina Trompeter, Petra Platen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5491135?pdf=render