Prevalence of triathlon-related musculoskeletal pain among Kwa- Zulu Natal tri-athletes

International epidemiological investigations report that triathlon as a sport produces musculoskeletal pain and injury. However there has being no injury surveillance studies conducted among South African tri-athletes recording the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and injury. Forty-three tri-athletes participated in a retrospective, epidemiological investigation by voluntary informed consent. Inclusion criteria for eligibility to participate in the study were: all subjects must be registered with KZN Triathlon Association and voluntary consent. The subjects’ training history and epidemiology of triathlon-related musculoskeletal pain were gathered employing the use of a self report musculoskeletal pain questionnaire, in addition to body mass, stature, Q-angles and navicular height measurements. Descriptive statistics which included the mode, mean, frequency, percentages and inferential statistics comprising chi-square and t- tests (with the probability set at 0.05) were employed in the statistical analysis. Thirty nine subjects (90.69%) experienced triathlon-related musculoskeletal pain (