Elite Cross-Country Skiers Who Report Low Back Pain Have More Disk Degeneration Than Their Nonsymptomatic Peers
The most important findings in our study were the high prevalence of self-reported LBP and a statistically significant difference in the occurrence of at least 1 degenerated disk in the Pfirrmann classification between skiers who reported LBP compared with those who did not.
Authors
- Janne Pesonen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2859-3173)
- Niko Murto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9820-1390)
- Hannu Kautiainen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0786-0858)
- Anni Aavikko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8501-6735)
- Teija Lund (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9519-9355)
- Leena Ristolainen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3041-260X)
Institutions
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Helsinki University Hospital (FI)
- Kuopio University Hospital (FI)
- Invalidisäätiö (FI)
- Päijät-Hämeen Keskussairaala (FI)
- Folkhälsans Forskningscentrum (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine
- Published
- 2025-04-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/jsm.0000000000001360
- Primary Topic
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00