Table 1.

Baseline characteristics

	Spraino	Control	Total
Participants, n	256	254	510
Male, n (%)	146 (57)	146 (57)	292 (57)
Age, mean (SD)	22.3 (4.0)	23.0 (4.5)	22.7 (4.3)
Height (cm), mean (SD)	181 (10)	182 (11)	182 (11)
Body mass (kg), mean (SD)	80.8 (14)	80.3 (14)	80.5 (14)
Fear*, median (IQR)	70 (40–90)	70 (50–90)	70 (40–90)
Pain†, median (IQR)	2 (0–3)	1 (0–2)	1 (0–3)
Sport, n (%)
Handball	204 (80)	205 (81)	409 (80)
Basketball	26 (10)	31 (12)	57 (11)
Badminton	26 (10)	18 (7)	44 (9)
Weekly practice (hours), mean (SD)	6.1 (3.1)	6.1 (3.0)	6.1 (3.0)
Level of play, n (%)
League	10 (4)	12 (5)	22 (4)
First division	80 (31)	78 (31)	158 (31)
Second division	64 (25)	70 (28)	134 (26)
Third division	102 (40)	94 (37)	196 (38)

*Fear of ankle sprain during primary sport (100=no fear, 0=highest fear imaginable).

†Pain in ankle joint during primary sport (0=no pain, 10=highest pain imaginable).