Table 2.

Injuries and illnesses experienced by combat sports athletes (N=16) across the study period according to the sport and the complaint and area.

Complaint and area		Judo, n	Boxing, n	Total, n
Illnessa
	Abdominal pain or general cramps	1	N/Ab	1
	Chest infection	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Chest symptom or complaint	2	1	3
	Fever	1	N/A	1
	General symptom or other complaint	4	1	5
	Lymph gland(s) enlarged or painful	2	1	3
Injuryc
	Foot	6	N/A	6
	Head	2	1	3
	Hip and groin	2	1	3
	Knee	2	41	43
	Lower leg	N/A	3	3
	Lumbar spine	3	2	5
	Nerve issue, arm	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Shoulder	2	7	9
	Thigh	9	1	10
	Trunk and abdomen	4	4	8
	Wrist and hand	8	19	27

^aTotal illness: judo 10 (8%), boxing 3 (2%); percentages are calculated based on the total number of illnesses collected during the monitoring period.

^bN/A: not applicable.

^cTotal injury: judo 38 (29.2%), boxing 79 (60.8%); percentages are calculated based on the total number of injuries collected during the monitoring period.