Risk Factors for Knee Pain in Children and Adolescents
【Supercategory：7. DESCENTE SPORTS SCIENCE Subcategory：7.40 Vol.40】
ABSTRACT
Risk factors for knee pain in children and adolescents in the age between 10 to 15years old were investigated. 835 subjects without knee pain were included. Factors forlower limb tightness, lower limb alignment were measured at baseline, and growthrate was calculated by monitoring height three times per year. A survey for physicalactivity and occurrence of knee pain was conducted every month by a self-reported questionnaire. New-onset knee pain was used as the objective variable, and schoolyear, sex, growth rate, physical activity calculated by HSS Pedi-FABS, intercondylardistance, quadriceps angle, foot posture index, heel buttock distance, straight leg raiseangle, and ankle dorsiflexion angle were used as explanatory variable to performmultiple logistic regression analysis. Higher school grade and higher physical activitywere significant factors to predict occurrence of knee pain.
DECENTE SPORTS SCIENCE Vol.40/The DESCENTE AND ISHIMOTO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION SPORTS SCIENCE
Risk factors for knee pain in children and adolescents in the age between 10 to 15years old were investigated. 835 subjects without knee pain were included. Factors forlower limb tightness, lower limb alignment were measured at baseline, and growthrate was calculated by monitoring height three times per year. A survey for physicalactivity and occurrence of knee pain was conducted every month by a self-reported questionnaire. New-onset knee pain was used as the objective variable, and schoolyear, sex, growth rate, physical activity calculated by HSS Pedi-FABS, intercondylardistance, quadriceps angle, foot posture index, heel buttock distance, straight leg raiseangle, and ankle dorsiflexion angle were used as explanatory variable to performmultiple logistic regression analysis. Higher school grade and higher physical activitywere significant factors to predict occurrence of knee pain.
DECENTE SPORTS SCIENCE Vol.40/The DESCENTE AND ISHIMOTO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION SPORTS SCIENCE
| Researcher | Ryuichiro Akagi, Yuya Ogawa, Yoshimasa Ono*1, Satoshi Yamaguchi,Takahisa Sasho*2 |
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| University or institution | *1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, *2College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,Chiba University, |
Keywords
Knee pain, Risk factors, Children, Adolescent, Physical activity