Table 1.
Number of patients with sports-related shoulder injuries
| Males (%) | Females (%) | Total (%) | |
| Sport | |||
| Football (soccer) | 133 (22) | 7 (4) | 140 (18) |
| Cycling | 91 (15) | 21 (12) | 112 (14) |
| Alpine skiing | 76 (12) | 13 (8) | 89 (11) |
| Cross-country skiing | 42 (7) | 26 (15) | 68 (9) |
| Martial arts | 40 (7) | 4 (2) | 44 (6) |
| Ice hockey | 31 (5) | – | 31 (4) |
| Snowboarding | 25 (4) | 5 (3) | 30 (4) |
| Jogging | 11 (2) | 14 (8) | 25 (3) |
| Strength training * | 20 (3) | 5 (3) | 25 (3) |
| Skateboard | 18 (3) | 1 (1) | 19 (2) |
| Gym/physical education *† | 7 (1) | 12 (7) | 19 (2) |
| Handball | 8 (1) | 7 (4) | 15 (2) |
| Floorball | 8 (1) | 4 (2) | 12 (2) |
| Walking | 2 (0) | 9 (5) | 11 (1) |
| Basketball | 7 (1) | 3 (2) | 10 (1) |
| Horse riding | – | 8 (5) | 8 (1) |
| Sports <1% of shoulder injuries: | |||
| Bandy * | 7 | – | 7 |
| Squash * | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Weightlifting * | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Dancing | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Gymnastics * | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Hiking * | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Ice skating * | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Volleyball * | 5 | – | 5 |
| Field hockey* | 4 | – | 4 |
| Motorcycle sport | 4 | – | 4 |
| Roller skiing* | 4 | – | 4 |
| Telemark skiing | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Treadmill* | – | 4 | 4 |
| American football* | 3 | – | 3 |
| Diving* | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Rugby* | 3 | – | 3 |
| Swimming* | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Cheerleading* | – | 2 | 2 |
| Dodgeball* | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rollerblades/roller skates | 2 | – | 2 |
| Skydiving* | 2 | – | 2 |
| Sports climbing* | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Table tennis* | 2 | – | 2 |
| Trampoline | 2 | – | 2 |
| Yoga* | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sports with 1 injury ‡ | 14 | 6 | 20 |
| Total sports <1% | (14) | (17) | (15) |
| Unknown | 5 (1) | 3 (2) | 8 (1) |
| Total | 610 (100) | 171 (100) | 781 (100) |
*Specification of 147 patients (19%) ticked off as ‘other sport’ in the national accident registration and questionnaire.
†Physical education or ‘gym’, all ages.
‡Acrobatics*, aerobics*, athletics*, bowling*, cricket*, crossfit*, curling*, danish longball*, fencing*, indoor cycling*, kayaking*, kite skiing*, parkour*, rink bandy*, ropewalking*, ski jumping*, surfing*, sledging/luge, water polo* and waterskiing/wakeboarding*.