Table 1. Runners’ characteristics (comparing characteristics between runners with injury history and those without injury history)
Variable Total runners
(n=804)
Runners with injury history
(n=432)
Runners without injury history
(n=372)
P-value
Sex       Female, n (%) 342 (42.5) 176 (40.7) 166 (44.6)
             Male, n (%) 462 (57.5) 256 (59.3) 206 (55.4)
  Total, n (%) 804 432(54) 372(46)
Age (years) 27(11) 27(12) 27(12) 0.48
Obsessive passion 3.0 (1.3) 3.2 (1.4) 2.7 (1.2) <0.001
BREQ-2 10.5 (3.1) 10.7 (2.8) 10.3 (3.4) 0.594
Sleep quality 5.9 (2.8) 6.6 (2.8) 5.1 (2.5) <0.001
RAND 36-items 77.0 (11.9) 74.9 (12.5) 79.6 (10.6) <0.001
SQUASH 6418.9 (5421.3) 6278.8 (5227.4) 6582.7 (5640.8) 0.751
Running distance (km/week) 15(15) 15(20) 15(10) 0.04
  Up to 10, n (%) 298 (37.1) 148 (34.3) 150 (40.3) 0.002
  Between 10 & 20, n (%) 266 (33.1) 132 (30.6) 134 (36.0)
  Over 20, n (%) 240 (29.9) 152 (35.) 88 (23.7)
Running experience (years) 2(4) 2(4) 2 (3.2) 0.49
  Up to 2, n (%) 452 (56.2) 244 (56.5) 208 (55.9) 0.109
  Between 2 & 5, n (%) 198 (24.6) 96 (22.2) 102 (27.4)
  Over 5, n (%) 154 (19.2) 92 (21.3) 62 (16.7)
Running sessions (No/week) 3(2) 3(2) 3(2) 0.146
  Up to 3, n (%) 558 (69.4) 304 (70.4) 254 (68.3) 0.52
  Over 3, n (%) 246 (30.6) 128 (29.6) 118 (31.7)
Running duration (min/session) 45(30) 45(30) 40(30) <0.001
  Up to 60, n (%) 476 (59.2) 235 (54.4) 241 (64.8) 0.003
  Over 60, n (%) 358(40.8) 197 (45.6) 131 (35.2)
BMI (kg/m2) 23 (3.6) 23 (3.9) 23 (3.4) 0.8
  Normal, n (%) 644 (80.1) 336 (77.8) 308 (82.8) 0.087
  Overweight, n (%) 150 (18.7) 92 (21.3) 58 (15.6)
  Obese, n (%) 10 (1.2) 4 (0.9) 6 (1.6)
Foot type 62 (7.7%) reported “do not know”
  Normal, n (%) 564 (70.1) 282 (65.3) 282 (75.8) <0.001
  Pes planus, n (%) 131 (16.3) 89 (20.6) 42 (11.3)
  Pes cavus, n (%) 47 (5.8) 35 (8.1) 12 (3.2)
Running surface #          Hard 1.60 (1.13) 1.83 (1.08) 1.34 (1.14) <0.001
                                        Soft 0.29 (0.71) 0.28 (0.67) 0.31 (0.76) 0.92
                                        Treadmill 0.67 (0.94) 0.61 (0.79) 0.73 (1.08) 0.10
                                        Others 0.18 (0.61) 0.21 (0.69) 0.15 (0.51) 0.43
Running company          Group, n (%) 252 (31.3) 146 (33.8) 106 (28.5) 0.11
                                        Alone, n (%) 552 (68.7) 286 (66.2) 266 (71.5)
Following a running program No, n (%) 424 (52.7) 213 (49.3) 211 (56.7) 0.036
                                                Yes, n (%) 380 (47.3) 219 (50.7) 161 (43.3)
Other sports                           Yes, n (%) 642 (79.9) 358 (82.9) 284 (76.3) 0.021
                                                No, n (%) 162 (20.1) 74 (17.1) 88 (23.7)
Special shoes                         No, n (%) 248 (30.8) 124 (33.3) 124 (28.7) 0.21
                                               Yes, n (%) 556 (69.2) 248 (66.7) 308 (71.3)
Special insole                         No, n (%) 687 (85.4) 359 (83.1) 328 (88.2) 0.042
                                                Yes, n (%) 117 (14.6) 73 (16.9) 44 (11.8)
Warm up   Yes, n (%) 740(92) 392 (90.7) 348 (93.5) 0.143
  No, n (%) 64(8) 40 (9.3) 24 (6.5)
Cool down                              Yes, n (%) 672 (83.6) 362 (83.8) 310 (83.3) 0.86
  No, n (%) 132 (16.4) 70 (16.2) 62 (16.7)
Foot strike      Rearfoot, n (%) 432 (53.7) 224 (51.9) 208 (55.9) 0.205
  Midfoot, n (%) 192 (23.9) 116 (26.9) 76 (20.4)
  Forefoot, n (%) 148 (18.4) 76 (17.6) 72 (19.4)
Continuous data are expressed as mean and standard deviation (tested by the Mann-Whitney test). All categorical data are expressed by number of runners and percentages (using Chi-square test). Type of surface: hard (cement, asphalt), treadmill, soft (gravel, grass, off-road track), and other (synthetic, sand). Bold p-value shows the statistically significant difference between those with and without injury history [p < 0.002 0.05/30 (the number of comparisons)].