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 |
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| Foot/Lower Leg |
Knee |
Hip |
Lower Back |
Other Anatomical Areas |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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Indicates sex difference for injured orienteerers (χ2 = 6.286, P = .01).