Table 5.

Comparative injury rates per 1,000 athlete-exposures (95%CI) in adult martial arts athletes*.

Sport/Study	Men	Women
Taekwondo (this study)	79.9 (53.4–106.4)	25.3 (3.2–82.4)
Judo [12]	48.5 (18.5–78.6)	34.3 (4.2–64.3)
Judo [19]	115.1 (90.9–139.3)	--
Judo [20]	51.3 (1.0–101.6)	125.0 (107.7–142.3)
Judo [11]	25.2 (6.5–43.8)	41.3 (14.3–68.3)
Karate [10]	168.9 (144.1–193.6)	158.5 (120.0–197.1)
Karate [19]	65.5 (43.1–87.8)	--
Karate [21]	135.6 (105.9–165.3)	--
Karate [9]	157.7 (123.6–191.8)	80.4 (27.9–132.9)

*Except for our own studies, injury rates are estimated based on the information provided by the authors