Table 5.
Absolute and relative (%) distribution of height and duration of training according to mechanism of injury
| Variable | Characteristic |
Mechanism of injury |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Running | Jumping | Impact | Specific action | ||
| Height (m) |
Short 1 |
4(17.4) |
0(0.0) |
15(65.2) *‡ |
4(17.4) |
| Tall 2 |
15(30.0) |
8(16.0) † |
17(34.0) |
10(20.0) |
|
| Duration of training (years) | Shorter 3 |
2(10.5) |
1(5.3) |
12(63.1)# |
4(21.1) |
| Longer 4 | 17(31.5) | 7(13.0) | 20(37.0) | 10(18.5) | |
1 cutoff point of lower bound of confidence interval (< 1.67 m) obtained from participants for height variable; 2 cutoff point for upper bound of confidence interval (≥ 1.67 m) obtained from participants for height variable; 3 cutoff point of lower bound of confidence interval (< 5 years) obtained from participants for duration of training; 4 cutoff point of upper bound of confidence interval (≥ 5 years) obtained from participants for duration of training; Goodman’s test for contrasts between and within multinomial populations; values between parentheses are relative frequencies. * Statistically significant differences in relation to running, jumping and specific action. # Statistically significant differences in relation to running and jumping. † Statistically significant differences in relation to short. ‡ Statistically significant differences in relation to tall.