Table 1: Baseline demographic data.
| Variable | Previous Injury (n=18) |
No Previous Injury (n=21) |
New injury (n=19)* |
No new injury (n=20) |
|
| Mean Age, years (SD) | 23.4 (4.3) | 22.8 (2.9) | 22.5 (4.1) | 22.7 (3.0) | |
| Male (%) | 10 (56%) | 9 (43%) | 9 (47%) | 10 (50%) | |
| Mean BMI (SD) | 25.2 (3.2) | 24.7 (2.2) | 25.0 (3.2) | 24.9 (2.2) | |
| Hand dominance (frequency) |
Right | 17 | 20 | 18 | 19 |
| Left | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Player position (frequency) |
Goalie | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| Set | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | |
| Driver | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | |
| Training setting (frequency) |
National center | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Professional | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | |
| College | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | |
*The groups were classified after the nine month follow-up into those who developed prospective injuries and those that remained healthy