Table 1.

Description of study participants.

	all (n = 98)
age
mean (SD)	70.6 (7.98)
median (q1-q3)	71.0 (66.0–77.0)
[min, max]	[41.0, 89.0]
age category
<65	20 (20.4%)
65–75	48 (49.0%)
>75	30 (30.6%)
sex
male	76 (77.6%)
female	22 (22.4%)
pre-BT self-reported average number of falls per month
mean (SD)	0.861 (3.58)
median (q1-q3)	0.0417 (0–0.167)
[min, max]	[0, 30.0]

The average follow-up interval during BT was 16.0 months (Table 2). During BT, the mean average number of self-reported falls per month per participant decreased from 0.86 ± 3.58 at baseline to 0.11 ± 0.26 during BT. During the COVID-19 lockdown, when BT was paused for an average of 3 months, falls increased from 0.11 ± 0.26 falls per month during the initial BT interval to 0.26 ± 0.48 falls per month. Once BT was resumed post-lockdown, participants reported another decline in falls, from 0.26 ± 0.48 falls per month to 0.14 ± 0.33. Likewise, the average proportion of months in which at least one fall was reported increased from 8 ± 0.15% during the initial phase of BT, to 12 ± 0.18% during the COVID-19 period, then decreased slightly to 10 ± 0.21 % after participants returned to boxing. (Of note, 17 of the original 98 participants did not resume BT after the lockdown.)