Table 2. Means and percentages and results for Chi-Square/Fisher’s Exact Tests comparing uninjured and injured CrossFit participants with regard to potential risk factors (unadjusted).
Variable Injury Status
Total (n = 191) Uninjured (n = 141) Injured (n = 50) sig.
n % n % n %
Participation in CrossFit competitions **
    Non-competitor 126 66.0 102 81.0 24 19.1
    Competitor 65 34.0 39 60.0 26 40.0
Fitness level before CrossFit
    Not fit at all 32 16.8 24 75.0 8 25.0
    Not very fit 33 17.3 26 78.8 7 21.2
    Average fitness 88 46.1 64 72.7 24 27.3
    Very fit 30 15.7 21 70.0 9 30.0
    Extremely fit 8 4.2 6 75.0 2 25.0
Warm up included in CrossFit workouts $
    Yes 187 97.9 137 73.3 50 26.7
    No 4 2.1 4 100.0 0 0.0
Cool down included in CrossFit workouts
    Yes 144 75.4 106 73.6 38 26.4
    No 47 24.6 35 74.5 12 25.5
Physical Activity outside CrossFit *
    Yes 123 64.4 84 68.3 39 31.7
    No 67 35.1 57 85.1 10 15.0
CrossFit for Fitness
    Yes 180 94.2 134 74.4 46 25.6 $
    No 11 5.8 7 63.6 4 36.4
Gender
    Male 94 49.2 64 68.1 30 31.9
    Female 97 50.8 77 79.4 20 20.6
* Significant at 0.05**Significant at 0.01 **Significant at 0.001.$ Fisher’s Exact test instead of Chi-Square (expected counts less than 5).