Relationship between physical activity, health status, and shoulder pathology in adults from Chile

This descriptive and cross-sectional study was performed on a group of 41 adults from Santiago of Chile (Chile) who suffer shoulder pathology, with an average age of 58,17 years old (SD = 11,75). This study employed as main instruments the EUROQOL THERMOMETER. the UCLA scale, a self-assessment for health status, and a sociodemographic questionnaire. This study used SPSS 20.0 software for data analysis employing basic descriptive analysis and a f binary logistic regression model. A total of 53,7% (n=22) of the subjects showed shoulder tendinopathies. The 48,8% of the sample reported that they do physical activity frequently, while only 14.6% (n = 6) indicated that they never do physical activity regularly: and 39% (n = 16) do maintenance exercise. The regression model showed associations between physical activity and sex [OR = 0,086 (0,008 - 0,977)] and health status [OR = 0,021 (0,001 to 0,311)]. As main conclusions, regular physical activity is an element that decreases the development of pain in shoulder pathology. Likewise, the data obtained reveal that being a woman and having a worse state of health is associated with less physical activity in people affected by shoulder pathology.