Table 1.
Number (percentage) of athletes included in the study, and number (percentage) of athletes presenting at least one health problem during the 30-week study period according to sex and discipline groups.
| All athletes | Male athletes | Female athletes | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Endurance | Explosive | Total | Endurance | Explosive | Total | Endurance | Explosive | ||||||||||
| Athletes | ||||||||||||||||||
| n (% of all athletes) | 70 | (100.0) | 25 | (35.7) | 45 | (64.3) | 37 | (52.9) | 19 | (27.1) | 18 | (25.7) | 33 | (47.1) | 6 | (8.6) | 27 | (38.6) |
| Age (mean (SD)) | 17.1 | (0.8) | 17.3 | (0.7) | 16.9 | (0.9) | 17.2 | (0.8) | 17.3 | (0.7) | 17.1 | (0.9) | 16.9 | (0.8) | 17.3 | (0.5) | 16.8 | (0.9) |
| Athletes with at least one health problem [n (%)] | ||||||||||||||||||
| All health problems | 61 | (87.1) | 18 | (72.0) | 43 | (95.6) | 30 | (81.1) | 13 | (68.4) | 17 | (94.4) | 31 | (93.9) | 5 | (83.3) | 26 | (96.3) |
| Illness | 42 | (60.0) | 11 | (44.0) | 31 | (68.9) | 18 | (48.6) | 8 | (42.1) | 10 | (55.6) | 24 | (72.7) | 3 | (50.0) | 21 | (77.8) |
| Injury | 54 | (77.1) | 17 | (68.0) | 37 | (82.2) | 28 | (75.7) | 12 | (63.2) | 16 | (88.9) | 26 | (78.8) | 5 | (83.3) | 21 | (77.8) |
| Acute injury | 31 | (44.3) | 7 | (28.0) | 24 | (53.3) | 16 | (43.2) | 6 | (31.6) | 10 | (55.6) | 15 | (45.5) | 1 | (16.7) | 14 | (51.9) |
| Overuse injury | 37 | (52.9) | 13 | (52.0) | 24 | (53.3) | 19 | (51.4) | 9 | (47.4) | 10 | (55.6) | 18 | (54.5) | 4 | (66.7) | 14 | (51.9) |