Table 4 Incidence of injury by specific injury type.
| Author, year of publication | Group characteristic | Types specific incidence of injuries | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skin lesions (%) | Pain/stiffness (%) | Overuse/stress injuries (%) | Cramps (%) | Haematomas (%) | Ankle sprains (%) | Joint problems (%) | Tendonitis (%) | Other, not running injuries (%) | Other injuries, not stated (%) | ||
| Satterthwaite et al, 199616 | At medical aid post* | 14.5 | 19.7 | 14.5 | 6.6 | 21.1 | 23.7 | ||||
| During or immediately after a marathon | 14.9 | 61.3 | 8.7 | 1.0 | 14.1 | ||||||
| In the 7 days following a marathon | 7.6 | 80.3 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 7.8 | ||||||
| Kretsch et al, 198411 | After a marathon | 7.9 | 44.4 | 14.5 | 33.2 | ||||||
| Nicholl & Williams 198215 | During full marathon at first aid station | 15.6 | 57.6 | 25.3 | 1.5 | ||||||
| Jakobsen et al, 198922 | During a half and a full marathon | 27.4 | 67.5 | 5.1 | |||||||
| Nicholl & Williams, 198225 | During a half and a full marathon | 10.5 | 54.1 | 22.4 | 13.0 | ||||||
*Type specific distribution of injuries in the 1219 runners who are known to have started the marathon.