Table 4.
Incidence and proportion of overuse injuries of the extremities (OIE) based on numbers of hours of exposure in nine studies on children and adolescents
| Sport | Author year | Number of OIE | Incidence given in the article | Number of hours of exposure | Proportions of OIE based on number of hours of exposure (1000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soccer | Soderman 2001 [12] | 21 | - | Per player: -Training: 46.9 ± 17.1 -Game: 29.5 ± 14.8 |
1.80 |
| Soligard 2008 [13] | 33 of which: -Lower extremity tendon pain: 21 -Anterior leg pain: 12 |
Yes for: -lower extremity tendon pain: 0.5 -anterior leg pain: 0.3 |
Total: 45428 of which: -Training: 31086 -Game: 14342 |
Total: 0.73 of which: -Lower extremity tendon pain 0.46 -Anterior leg pain: 0.26 |
|
| Le Gall 2008 [14] | Only for tendinopathy: 35 | Only for tendinopathy: 0.36 | Total: 97325 of which: -Training: 87530 - Game: 9795 |
For tendinopathy: 0.36 | |
| Handball | Wedderkopp 1999 [17] | 8 | - | Total: 17945 | 0.04 |
| Orienteering | Johansson 1986 [18] | 38 | - | - | - |
| Running | Tenforde 2011 [19] | 822 | - | - | - |
| Dance | Leanderson 2011 [20] | 127 | - | - | - |
| Gymnastics | Caine 2003 [15] | 55 | - | Total: 76919.5 | 0.72 |
| Lindner 1990 [16] | 17 | - | Total: 173263 | 0.10 |