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).
