Table 2. Injuries and injury rates between men and women in four different sports during the past twelve-month period.
|
CC skiing |
|
Swimming |
|
LD running |
|
Soccer |
|
Total |
|
|
♂ (n = 62) |
♀ (n =87) |
♂ (n= 71) |
♀ (n 83) |
♂ (n = 67) |
♀ (n = 76) |
♂ (n = 62) |
♀ (n = 66) |
♂ (n = 262) |
♀ (n = 12) |
| Acute injuries |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No of injuries (n) |
24 |
41 |
54 |
39 |
36 |
31 |
111 |
96 |
225 |
207 |
| No of injured athletes n (%) |
16 (26) |
25 (29) |
27 (38) |
22 (27) |
21 (31) |
20 (26) |
52 (84) |
42 (64)* |
116 (44) |
109 (35)† |
| No of injured athletes with two or more injuries n (%) |
5 (31) |
10 (40) |
14 (52) |
10 (46) |
10 (48) |
8 (40) |
32 (62) |
31 (74) |
61 (53) |
59 (55) |
| Injuries per 1000 exposure hours (n/1000h) |
0.57 |
0.85 |
0.95 |
1.24 |
1.19 |
0.85 |
3.64 |
3.11 |
1.53 |
1.43 |
| Overuse injuries |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No of injuries (n) |
45 |
65 |
55 |
62 |
66 |
59 |
34 |
47 |
200 |
233 |
| No of injured athletes n (%) |
30 (48) |
44 (51) |
36 (51) |
43 (52) |
46 (69) |
39 (51)‡ |
24 (39) |
30 (46) |
136 (52) |
156 (50) |
| No of injured athletes with two or more injuries n (%) |
13 (43) |
16 (36) |
12 (33) |
16 (37) |
16 (35) |
16 (41) |
5 (21) |
10 (33) |
46 (34) |
58 (37) |
| Injuries per 1000 exposure hours (n/1000h) |
1.19 |
1.46 |
0.97 |
1.92 |
1.89 |
1.48 |
1.18 |
2.14 |
1.31 |
1.73 |
| All injuries |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No of injuries (n) |
69 |
106 |
109 |
101 |
102 |
90 |
145 |
143 |
425 |
440 |
| No of injured athletes n (%) |
35 (57) |
58 (67) |
45 (63) |
54 (65) |
55 (82) |
52 (68) |
57 (92) |
52 (79)§ |
192 (73) |
216 (69) |
| No of injured athletes with two or more injuries n (%) |
22 (63) |
30 (52) |
26 (58) |
26 (48) |
29 (53) |
27 (52) |
42 (74) |
40 (77) |
119 (62) |
123 (57) |
| Injuries per 1000 exposure hours (n/1000h) |
1.77 |
2.33 |
1.94 |
3.25 |
3.15 |
2.45 |
4.90 |
5.32 |
2.89 |
3.25 |
* Proportion of injured athletes with acute injuries was higher in male soccer players than in female players (p < 0.01). † Proportion of injured athletes with acute injuries was higher in male athletes than in female counterparts (p < 0.05). ‡ Proportion of injured athletes with overuse injuries was higher in male long-distance runners than female runners (p < 0.05). § Proportion of injured athletes with all injuries was higher in male soccer players than in female players (p < 0.05).
