Table 1.
Study | Type of ECPs | Participants | Study design | Study duration | Injuries (n) | Prevalence of injuries (%) | Incidence of injuries (injuries/1000 hours) |
Aune and Powers15 | Iron tribe fitness | 247 iron tribe fitness athletes (139 men) | Prospective Online questionnaire |
12 months | 132 | 34 | 2.71 |
Grier et al 3 | ATAC, RAW, CrossFit | 1393 US soldiers (1248 men) 26.8±5.9 years |
Prospective Face-to-face questionnaire |
12 months | – | 41 | – |
Hak et al 13 | CrossFit | 132 worldwide CrossFit participants (98 men) 32.3 (19–57) years |
Prospective Online questionnaire |
EC | 186 | 73.5 | 3.1 |
Mehrab et al 14 | CrossFit | 449 Dutch CrossFit participants (266 men) 31.9±8.3 years |
Prospective Online |
12 months | 252 | 56.1 | – |
Montalvo et al 10 | CrossFit | 191 South Florida CrossFit participants (94 men) 31.7±9.4 years |
Prospective Face-to-face questionnaire |
6 months | 62 | 26.2 | 2.3 |
Moran et al 11 | CrossFit | 117 UK CrossFit participants (66 men) 35±10 years |
Prospective Face-to-face questionnaire |
12 weeks | 15 | – | 2.1 |
Summitt et al 44 | CrossFit | 187 US CrossFit participants | Prospective Online Shoulder injuries only |
6 months | 46 | 23.5 | 1,94 |
Weisenthal et al 12 | CrossFit | 386 US CrossFit participants (231 men) | Prospective Online |
6 months | 74 | 19.4 | 2.4 |
ATAC, Advanced Tactical Athlete Conditioning; EC, entire career; ECPs, extreme conditioning programmes; RAW, Ranger Athlete Warrior.