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. 2016 Apr;51(4):321–328. doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-51.5.01

Table 2. .

Number of Identified Injuries; Injured Orienteerers Over 26 Weeks; Prevalence of Overuse, Substantial, and Acute Injuries; Severity Score; and Days Per Week That Acute or Overuse Injuries Affected Participation in Orienteering

Variable
Injured Area
Total
Foot/Lower Leg
Knee
Hip
Lower Back
Other Anatomical Areas
Overuse injuries, n (boys/girls) 41 (14/27) 19 (13/6) 10 (2/8) 7 (2/5) 8 (6/2) 85 (37/48)
Acute injuries, n (boys/girls) 12 (4/8) 6 (4/2) 3 (3/0) No data recorded 3 (0/3) 24 (11/13)
Injured orienteerers, %
 Boys 45.1 35.4 16.1 6.5 16.1 80.6
 Girls 75.8a 27.2 15.2 15.2 12.1 75.8
(95% Confidence Interval)
Average weekly prevalence of overuse injuries, % 22.2 (21.4, 23.0) 10 (9.3, 10.7) 5.4 (4.9, 5.9) 1.6 (1.2, 2.0) 0.5 (0.3, 0.7) 35.7 (34.8, 36.6)
Average weekly prevalence of substantial injuries, % 10.8 (10.3, 11.3) 4.4 (4.1, 4.7) 3.3 (3.1, 3.5) 0.2 (0.0, 0.4) No data collected 18.4 (17.7, 19.2)
Average weekly prevalence of acute injuries, % 0.9 (0.5, 1.3) 0.4 (0.0, 0.8) 0.2 (0.0, 0.4) No data recorded 0.2 (0.0, 0.4) 1.7 (1.3, 2.1)
Average severity score 38.6 (37.3, 39.9) 39.2 (37.2, 41.2) 41.8 (39.0, 44.6) 10.2 (7.6, 12.8) No data collected 37.4 (36.1, 38.7)
Average days per week overuse injuries affected participation in orienteering 4.0 (3.7, 4.3) 2.6 (2.3, 2.9) 4.3 (3.8, 4.8) 2.9 (2.4, 3.4) No data collected 3.5 (3.3, 3.7)
Average days per week acute injuries affected participation in orienteering 5.2 (4.4, 6.0) 3.3 (2.8, 3.8) 1.5 (1.3, 1.7) No data recorded 2.5 (2.3, 2.7) 4.6 (4.1, 5.1)
a 

Indicates sex difference for injured orienteerers (χ2 = 6.286, P = .01).