Table 3.
Overuse and Acute Injuries by Injury Type and Sex
| Injury | Total |
Men |
Women |
P Valuea |
| N (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Overuse | 386 (100.0) | 148 (38.3) | 238 (61.7) | .1754 |
| General stress | 103 (26.7) | 36 (24.3) | 67 (28.2) | .4085 |
| Inflammation | 80 (20.7) | 26 (17.6) | 54 (22.7) | .2274 |
| Tendinitis | 60 (15.5) | 25 (16.9) | 35 (14.7) | .5644 |
| Deformity or weakness | 52 (13.5) | 16 (10.8) | 36 (15.1) | .2273 |
| Loose bodies or debris | 20 (5.2) | 11 (7.4) | 9 (3.8) | .1156 |
| Impingement | 19 (4.9) | 8 (5.4) | 11 (4.6) | .7293 |
| Bursitis | 19 (4.9) | 9 (6.1) | 10 (4.2) | .4066 |
| Stress fracture | 17 (4.4) | 6 (4.1) | 11 (4.6) | .7915 |
| Joint laxityb | 12 (3.1) | 8 (5.4) | 4 (1.7) | .0659 |
| Otherb | 4 (1.0) | 3 (2.0) | 1 (0.4) | .1296 |
| Acute | 931 (100.0) | 557 (59.8) | 374 (40.2) | .0015 |
| Sprain or strain | 584 (62.7) | 335 (60.1) | 249 (66.6) | .0465 |
| Superficial or contusion | 94 (10.1) | 56 (10.1) | 38 (10.2) | .9578 |
| Internal organ | 77 (8.3) | 59 (10.6) | 18 (4.8) | .0017 |
| Fracture | 67 (7.2) | 36 (6.5) | 31 (8.3) | .2907 |
| Open wound | 58 (6.2) | 45 (8.1) | 13 (3.5) | .0044 |
| Dislocation | 29 (3.1) | 18 (3.2) | 11 (2.9) | .8025 |
| Unspecified | 17 (1.8) | 6 (1.1) | 11 (2.9) | .0373 |
| Nerve | 4 (0.4) | 2 (0.4) | 2 (0.5) | .6878 |
| Blood vesselb | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.3) | .4017 |
aBased on Pearson χ2 tests.
bTwo-sided Fisher exact test used.