Abstract
Objectives:
Musculoskeletal disorders are common problems and warning sign of overuse injury that often occur in professional athletes. Athletes usually have high levels of physical activity which causes musculoskeletal disorders. This disorder is caused by overuse of activity and particularly repetitive movements. The symptoms such as pain, fatigue, cramps and injuries.
Several studies state that musculoskeletal disorders are related to body mass index which lead to obesity. The relations factors between BMI and musculoskeletal are very complex including behavioral, mechanical, biological and genetic factors. Excessive body weight will increase mechanical pressure on the joints and pain due to physical limitations.
The objective of this study was to determine relationship between exercise and BMI (body mass index) on musculoskeletal disorders in professional athletes.
Methods:
This research was conducted on 520 athletes in Yogyakarta from all sports. All of these athletes already have a regular training program and different BMI (body mass index) which will be assessed to determine the relationship between exercise and BMI on musculoskeletal disorders. This research carried out a normality test first then multivariate analysis with multiple linear regression.
Results:
A total of 522 athletes were identified. The gender of athletes consisting of 288 men and 232 women. There were 41 athletes who complained of musculoskeletal disorders and 479 athletes did not feel it. This research has insignificant results due to the possibility that the data taken is not evenly distributed in normality test and the samples taken do not have specificity. So this research cannot be continued with a multivariate test
Conclusion:
There is no relationship between exercise and BMI (body mass index) on musculoskeletal disorders.