Runners were asked to rate their perceived lower-body muscle pain and soreness according to a 10-point Likert scale with anchors of 1 (no soreness), 2.5 (dull, vague ache), 4 (slight soreness), 5.5 (more than slight soreness), 7 (sore), 8.5 (very sore), and 10 (unbearably sore).
At baseline, the most prevalent frequently reported problems "difficulties chewing" (49.3%), "digestion worse" (40.4%), "take longer to complete a meal" (36%), "food catching" (30.9%), and "dentures not fitting" (29.4%), and m2 the most prevalent frequently reported problems were "avoid going out" (25%), "difficulties chewing" (17.6), "sore jaw" (15.5%), and "take longer to complete a meal" (14%).
bIncluding erosive gastritis (n=2), cerebral infarction (n=1), sore throat (n=1), lung tumour (n=1) and influenza A virus infection (n=1).
(Table 2) Sore throat, dizziness, headache and general well being were not different between the groups post-operatively.
Frequencies of presenting symptoms were : neck lump (49.3), sore throat (33.3), direct visualisation (5.9), incidental finding at medical appointment (2.9), otalgia (2.9), dysphagia (2.9), and globus symptoms (1.4).
In addition, blood staining (p = 1.00), sore throat and dysphagia at 1, 2 and 24 hour (p = 1.00) were comparable in both groups.
The initial signs and symptoms of the nine teenagers were self-reported fever (9/9, range 37.8°C 39.4°C), cough (4/9), general malaise (4/9), diarrhea (4/9), rhinorrhea (3/9), headache (2/9), chills (2/9), sore throat (2/9), and myalgia (1/9).
As certain items may not be applicable to young children e.g. headache (Q10), sore throat (Q11) and muscle aches/pains (Q12), these could be marked as don't know or not applicable, with no score allotted to them.
Multivariate analysis revealed that rhinorrhea (OR, 3.350), malaise (OR, 6.050), sore throat (OR, 3.407), dyspnea (OR, 47.335), and mild thrombocytopenia (OR, 3.779) were independent predictive factors that distinguished influenza from OFI (Table 6).
