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. 2023 May 24;14:47–57. doi: 10.2147/OAJSM.S394044

Table 3.

Skills and Region of Injurya

Total Injuries Upper Leg Ankle/Foot Lower Back Other
Lumbar Extension Movements 174 (40.6) 7 (4.0) 9 (5.2) 80 (46.0) 78 (44.8)
Walkover 87 (20.3) 5 (5.7) 4 (4.6) 40 (46.0) 38 (43.7)
Back 72 (16.8) 2 (2.8) 3 (4.2) 34 (47.2) 33 (44.4)
  • Inc. backbend

  • 20 (4.7)

  • 0

  • 1 (5.0)

  • 11 (55.0)

  • 8 (40.0)

Bridge 15 (3.5) 0 2 (13.3) 6 (40.0) 7 (46.7)
Lower-Limb Movements 173 (40.3) 105 (60.7) 8 (4.6) 13 (7.5) 47 (27.2)
Split 101 (23.5) 72 (71.3) 7 (6.9) 7 (6.9) 15 (14.9)
  • Inc. standing split

  • 16 (3.7)

  • 10 (62.5)

  • 0

  • 5 (31.3)

  • 1 (6.3)

Leg 52 (12.1) 32 (61.5) 1 (1.9) 5 (9.6) 14 (26.9)
  • Inc. leg mount

  • 24 (5.6)

  • 17 (70.8)

  • 0

  • 2 (8.3)

  • 5 (20.8)

Kneel 20 (4.7) 1 (5.0) 0 1 (5.0) 18 (90.0)b
Elevated movements 31 (7.2) 9 (29.0) 10 (32.3) 2 (6.5) 10 (32.3)
Leap 19 (4.4) 8 (42.1) 4 (21.1) 2 (10.5) 5 (26.3)
Jump/jete 12 (2.8) 1 (8.3) 6 (50.0) 0 5 (41.7)
Other
Headstand/Tigerstand 20 (4.7) 4 (20.0) 1 (5.0) 6 (30.0) 9 (45.0)
Turn 12 (2.8) 2 (16.7) 2 (16.7) 0 8 (66.7)
Handstand 10 (2.3) 2 (20.0) 0 2 (20.0) 6 (60.0)

Notes: aBreakdown on the different skills/movements named by participants as a mechanism of injury relative to body region injured. The italicized is the collective totals for the row. The highest body region injured in the different movement patterns is underlined and bolded. bThis figure represented 16 knee injuries.