Prevalence and risk factors for back pain in sports: a systematic review with meta-analysis

Fiona Wilson; Clare L Ardern; Jan Hartvigsen; Kathryn Dane; Katharina Trompeter; Larissa Trease; Anders Vinther; Conor Gissane; Sarah-Jane McDonnell; JP Caneiro; Craig Newlands; Kellie Wilkie; David Mockler; Jane S Thornton

doi:10.1136/bjsports-2020-102537

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Prevalence and risk factors for back pain in sports: a systematic review with meta-analysis

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Fiona Wilson Discipline of Physiotherapy, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Clare L Ardern Division of Physiotherapy, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden Sport & Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jan Hartvigsen Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark Nordic Institute of Chiropractic and Clinical Biomechanics, Odense, Denmark PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kathryn Dane Discipline of Physiotherapy, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Katharina Trompeter Department of Sports Medicine and Sports Nutrition, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany Department of Applied Health Sciences, Division of Physiotherapy, Hochschule für Gesundheit (University of Applied Sciences), Bochum, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Larissa Trease Healthcare in Remote and Extreme Environments program, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Anders Vinther Department of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy and QD-Research Unit, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev and Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Conor Gissane Discipline of Physiotherapy, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sarah-Jane McDonnell Sport Ireland Institute, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
JP Caneiro School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Faculty of Health Science, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Craig Newlands Body Performance, Cambridge, New Zealand PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kellie Wilkie Bodysystem Physiotherapy, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David Mockler John Stearne Library, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jane S Thornton Fowler Kennedy Sports Medicine Clinic, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada Western Centre for Public Health and Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Fiona Wilson, Discipline Of Physiotherapy, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland; wilsonf{at}tcd.ie

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Wilson F, Ardern CL, Hartvigsen J, et al

Prevalence and risk factors for back pain in sports: a systematic review with meta-analysis

British Journal of Sports Medicine 2021;55:601-607.

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Accepted September 11, 2020
First published October 19, 2020.

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October 11, 2022

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