Table 4.
Number (per cent) of athletes who had reduced their sports load having acknowledged the occurrence of an injury (overuse or traumatic) during the prechampionship tapering displayed by age group, injury type and socioeconomic standing (Human Development Index (HDI) category of their home nation)
| Injury type | Socioeconomic standing (HDI) | Tapering injury acknowledged, n (%) | ||
| Youth athletes (n=396) | Adult athletes (n=356) | All athletes (n=752) | ||
| Overuse | 118 (30) | 101 (28) | 219 (29) | |
| Low | 16 (35) | 7 (24) | 23 (31) | |
| Medium-high | 66 (31) | 35 (33) | 101 (32) | |
| Very high | 21 (24) | 57 (27) | 78 (26) | |
| Undefined | 15 (31) | 2 (15) | 17 (27) | |
| Traumatic | 13 (3) | 11 (3) | 24 (3) | |
| Low | 2 (4) | 0 (0) | 2 (3) | |
| Medium-high | 7 (3) | 3 (3) | 10 (3) | |
| Very high | 3 (3) | 7 (4) | 10 (3) | |
| Undefined | 1 (2) | 1 (8) | 2 (3) | |
| Total | 131 (33) | 112 (31) | 243 (32) | |
HDI category: low, <0.55; medium-high, 0.55–79; very high, ≥0.80.
n=28 athletes (22 youths and 6 adults) did not respond to questions about injuries and are not included.