Back pain is one of the symptoms of pathologies of the musculoskeletal system. The purpose of the study presented in this article was to compare the frequency of recurrence of back pain in two groups of students with low and high levels of physical activity. 47 1st year students took part in the study. The first stage is the selection of students with complaints of back pain and division into two groups: students attending educational and practical classes once a week and students, who additionally studied independently in sections during extracurricular time (2-3 times a week). The study did not reveal statistically significant differences in the frequency of recurrences of back pain between students with low and high levels of physical activity.
students, back pain, physical activity
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