Mobility tests among athletes and non-athletes in the Finnish Health Promoting Sports Club study
| Test | Boys (n=261) | Girls (n=315) | Total (n=576) | ||||||
| Athletes(n=198) | Non-athletes(n=63) | OR* (95% CI) | Athletes (n=201) | Non-athletes (n=114) | OR* (95% CI) | Athletes(n=399) | Non-athletes (n=177) | OR* (95% CI) | |
| Shoulder mobility | |||||||||
| Good (%) | 42.4 | 33.3 | 1.31 (0.70 to 2.45) | 64.2 | 62.3 | 1.07 (0.63 to 1.81) | 53.6 | 52.0 | 0.97 (0.66 to 1.43) |
| Satisfactory (%) | 25.8 | 20.6 | 1.37 (0.68 to 2.76) | 17.9 | 14.0 | 1.17 (0.61 to 2.36) | 21.8 | 16.6 | 1.39 (0.86 to 2.24) |
| Poor (%) | 30.3 | 46.0 | 0.54 (0.29 to 0.99) | 16.9 | 23.7 | 0.78 (0.42 to 1.43) | 23.6 | 31.6 | 0.75 (0.50 to 1.14) |
| Modified Thomas test | |||||||||
| Marked iliopsoas tightness on one side (%) | 5.6 | 1.6 | 1.77 (0.42 to 7.41) | 5.0 | 3.5 | 1.23 (0.44 to 3.44) | 5.3 | 2.8 | 1.40 (0.62 to 3.19) |
| Marked iliopsoas tightness on both sides (%) | 27.3 | 23.8 | 1.14 (0.55 to 2.37) | 12.4 | 13.2 | 0.87 (0.41 to 1.84) | 19.8 | 16.9 | 1.24 (0.75 to 2.05) |
| Generalised Joint laxity (%) | 11.6 | 11.1 | 0.97 (0.37 to 2.57) | 45.7 | 40.7 | 1.51 (0.91 to 2.51) | 28.7 | 30.1 | 0.99 (0.66 to 1.50) |
Statistically significant results are indicated in bold.
↵*Comparisons were performed by using generalised linear mixed models (GLMM), the centre of sports medicine in which the examination was completed being level two in the analysis.