Factors Influencing Participation in Physical Activity, Sports, and Exercise in Children and Adolescents with Spinal Pain or Spinal Conditions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Ethnography.

Susanna Tucker Nicola R Heneghan Adrian Gardner Alison B RushtonSamia AlamraniAlison B Rushton

Published in: Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)

Sociological factors were most influential on exercise participation alongside related psychological and biological factors. Adolescents over 14 years offered greater critical insight compared to the younger children. Results are best applied to neuromuscular conditions with further robust evidence required in paediatric musculoskeletal spinal pain.

Keyphrases

physical activity
spinal cord
chronic pain
neuropathic pain
young adults
pain management
sleep quality
body mass index
high intensity
emergency department
intensive care unit
spinal cord injury
depressive symptoms
body composition
drug induced