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).