Posture 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 posture | |||||||||
| One shoulder protruded (%) | 7.6 | 1.6 | 7.29 (0.90 to 59.30) | 8.5 | 5.3 | 1.94 (0.69 to 5.46) | 8.0 | 4.0 | 2.81 (1.16 to 6.81) |
| Both shoulders protruded (%) | 32.3 | 28.6 | 1.13 (0.58 to 2.20) | 21.4 | 14.9 | 1.33 (0.69 to 2.57) | 26.8 | 19.8 | 1.34 (0.85 to 2.12) |
| Scoliometer reading ≥3° at AC- joint level (%) | 16.7 | 20.6 | 0.76 (0.37 to 1.57) | 13.9 | 12.3 | 1.15 (0.58 to 2.29) | 15.3 | 15.3 | 1.00 (0.61 to 1.64) |
| Forward bend | |||||||||
| Scoliometer reading ≥3° at back (%) | 41.4 | 49.2 | 0.73 (0.41 to 1.30) | 41.8 | 41.2 | 1.23 (0.75 to 2.02) | 41.6 | 44.1 | 0.97 (−0.67 to 1.40) |
| Scoliometer reading ≥7° at back (%) | 4.0 | 6.3 | 0.74 (0.23 to 2.34) | 5.0 | 4.4 | 1.10 (0.40 to 2.93) | 4.5 | 5.1 | 0.93 (0.44 to 1.96) |
| Asymmetry in iliac crest height (%) | 14.9 | 31.1 | 0.43 (0.21 to 0.89) | 14.1 | 9.3 | 1.68 (0.74 to 3.82) | 14.5 | 17.2 | 0.90 (0.53 to 1.53) |
Statistically significant results are indicated in bold.
Comparisons were performed by using generalised linear mixed models, the centre of sports medicine in which the examination was completed being level 2 in the analysis.