Mean weekly incidence of overuse injuries of the extremities in relation to number of exposures per week during 5-week periods of single sport participation
| Lower extremity | Upper extremity | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of exposures to the sport in 5-week periods | Number of injuries N=292 | Mean weekly incidence (95% CI) | Number of injuries N=17 | Mean weekly incidence (95% CI) |
| Soccer (times) | ||||
| 1–5 | 8 | 0.6 (0.2 to 1) | 0 | – |
| 6–10 | 57 | 0.9 (0 to 1.1) | 1 | 0 (0 to 0) |
| 11–15 | 58 | 1.2 (0.9 to 1.5) | 3 | 0.1 (0 to 0.1) |
| 16–20 | 10 | 1.5 (0.6 to 2.4) | 0 | – |
| ≥20 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| Handball (times) | ||||
| 1–5 | 7 | 1.1 (0.3 to 1.9) | 1 | 0.1 (0 to 0.4) |
| 6–10 | 24 | 1 (0.6 to 1.4) | 2 | 0.1 (0 to 0.2) |
| 11–15 | 32 | 1.2 (0.8 to 1.6) | 1 | 0 (0 to 0.1) |
| 16–20 | 17 | 1.7 (0.9 to 2.5) | 2 | 0.2 (0 to 0.4) |
| ≥20 | 1 | 0.8 (0 to 2.5) | 0 | – |
| Swimming (times) | ||||
| 1–5 | 10 | 0.4 (0.1 to 0.6) | 1 | 0 (0 to 0.1) |
| 6–10 | 2 | 0.2 (0 to 0.6) | 0 | – |
| 11–15 | 1 | 0.9 (0.7 to 2.8) | 0 | – |
| 16–20 | 1 | 1.3 (0. to 3.7) | 0 | – |
| ≥20 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| Tumbling gymnastics (times) | ||||
| 1–5 | 7 | 0.5 (0.1 to 0.9) | 0 | – |
| 6–10 | 5 | 0.4 (0.1 to 0.9) | 0 | – |
| 11–15 | 5 | 1.1 (0.1 to 2.2) | 2 | 0.4 (0 to 1.1) |
| 16–20 | 3 | 2.6 (0 to 5.6) | 0 | – |
| ≥20 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| Horse-riding (times) | ||||
| 1–5 | 6 | 0.4 (0.1 to 0.8) | 2 | 0.1 (0 to 0.3) |
| 6–10 | 8 | 1.3 (0.4 to 2.2) | 0 | – |
| 11–15 | 4 | 0.7 (0 to 1.3) | 0 | – |
| 16–20 | 2 | 0.5 (0 to 1.2) | 0 | – |
| ≥20 | 3 | 0.4 (0 to 0.9) | 1 | 0.1 (0 to 0.4) |
| Rhythmic gymnastics (times) | ||||
| 1–5 | 2 | 0.3 (0 to 0.7) | 1 | 0.1 (0 to 0.4) |
| 6–10 | 1 | 0.2 (0 to 0.7) | 0 | – |
| 11–15 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 16–20 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| ≥20 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| Dance (times) | ||||
| 1–5 | 4 | 0.6 (0 to 1.2) | 0 | – |
| 6–10 | 2 | 0.5 (0 to 1.2) | 0 | – |
| 11–15 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 16–20 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| ≥20 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| Volleyball (times) | ||||
| 1–5 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 6–10 | 3 | 0.8 (0 to 1.6) | 0 | – |
| ≥11 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| Basketball (times) | ||||
| 1–5 | 1 | 1.0 (0 to 3.2) | 0 | – |
| 6–10 | 1 | 0.3 (0 to 0.9) | 0 | – |
| 11–15 | 3 | 1.1 (0 to 2.4) | 0 | – |
| 16–20 | 1 | 3.3 (0 to 9.9) | 0 | – |
| ≥20 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| No sport at all | 180* | 0.5 (0.4 to 0.6) | 9† | 0.03 (0.02 to 0.06) |
| All population | 750* | 0.7 (0.1 to 1.2) | 40† | 0.04 (0.03 to 0.05) |
*Not included in the total number of injuries (N=292) indicated at the top of the table.
†Not included in the total number of injuries (N=17) indicated at the top of the table.