Table 3. Number of injuries, injury incidence (95% CI), given by injury localisation. Absence (mean number of weeks and days with standard deviations) was only registered for acute injuries.
Overall Acute Overuse
Anatomic
localisation
Injuries
(n)
Injury incidence
(n/1,000h)
Injuries
(n)
Injury incidence
(n/1,000h)
Absence
(weeks &days)
Injuries
(n)
Injury incidence
(n/1,000h)
Ankle 34 1.5 (1.0 – 2.0) 34 1.5 (1.0 – 2.0) 2w 5d (3w 0d) - -
Knee 52 2.3 (1.6 – 3.9) 18 0.8 (0.4 – 1.1) 7w 2d (9w 1d) 34 1.5 (1.0 – 2.0)
Other LE 1 42 1.8 (1.3 - 2.4) 19 0.8 (0.4 – 1.2) 3w 4d (7w 2d) 23 1.0 (0.6 – 1.4)
Fingers 22 0.9 (0.6 – 1.4) 22 0.9 (0.6 – 1.4) 0w 6d (1w 3d) - -
Other UE 2 15 0.7 (0.3 – 1.0) 11 0.5 (0.2 – 0.8) 2w 1d (2w 5d) 4 0.1 (0.0 – 0.3)
Head & Face 18 0.8 (0.4 – 1.1) 18 0.8 (0.4 – 1.1) 0w 5d (0w 6d) - -
Back 28 1.3 (0.8 – 1.7) 14 0.6 (0.3 – 0.9) 1w 6d (1w 0d) 14 0.6 (0.3 – 0.9)
Other/unknown 15 0.7 (0.3 – 1.0) 3 0.1 (-0.0 – 0.3) 0w 4d (0w 0d) 12 0.5 (0.2 - 0.8)
Total 226 9.8 (8.5 – 11.1) 139 6.0 (5.0 – 7.0) 2w 5d (5w 1d) 87 3.8 (3.0 – 4.6)
Abbreviations: LE = lower extremity, UE = upper extremity, w = weeks, d = days