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Table 3 Overuse injuries, injury proportion, and incidence during an athletics season

From: Athlete availability and incidence of overuse injuries over an athletics season in a cohort of elite Swedish athletics athletes - a prospective study

 

All

Male

Female

M/L

Sprint

Jump

Overuse injuries

66

33

33

30

23

13

Injured athletes

42 (71%)

20 (67%)

22 (76%)

20 (87%)

13 (57%)

9 (69%)

n/1000 h

1.81 (1.39–2.23)

1.79 (1.13–2.45)

1.83 (1.29–2.37)

2.38 (1.67–3.09)

1.34 (0.73–1.95)

1.62 (0.78–2.46)

Athlete availability (%)

78.0 (71.14–84.91)

79.7 (70.40–88.97)

76.5 (65.73–87.30)

82.7 (74.02–91.28)

71.4 (55.02–87.83)

77.3 (60.71–93.84)

  1. For incidence rate and athlete availability 95% CI in parentheses. M/L middle and long-distance runners