Incidence of sport-related injury by each anatomical area for athletes competing at the Rio 2016 Summer Paralympic Games
| Anatomical area | Total number of injuries (percentage of total number of injuries) | Number of athletes with an injury | Proportion of athletes with an injury (%) | Injury incidence rate: number of injuries/1000 athlete days (95% CI) |
| All | 440 (100%) | 382 | 10.4 | 8.6 (7.8 to 9.4) |
| Head and face | 7 (1.6%) | 7 | 0.2 | 0.1 (0.1 to 0.3) |
| Neck | 37 (8.4%) | 36 | 1.0 | 0.7 (0.5 to 1.0) |
| Shoulder | 90 (20.5%) | 84 | 2.3 | 1.8 (1.4 to 2.2) |
| Upper arm | 5 (1.1%) | 4 | 0.1 | 0.1 (0.0 to 0.2) |
| Elbow | 20 (4.5%) | 18 | 0.5 | 0.4 (0.3 to 0.6) |
| Forearm | 8 (1.8%) | 7 | 0.2 | 0.2 (0.1 to 0.3) |
| Wrist, hand and finger | 53 (12.0%) | 47 | 1.3 | 1.0 (0.8 to 1.4) |
| Chest wall | 8 (1.8%) | 8 | 0.2 | 0.2 (0.1 to 0.3) |
| Trunk and abdomen | 5 (1.1%) | 5 | 0.1 | 0.1 (0.0 to 0.2) |
| Thoracic spine | 8 (1.8%) | 8 | 0.2 | 0.2 (0.1 to 0.3) |
| Lumbar spine | 29 (6.6%) | 29 | 0.8 | 0.6 (0.4 to 0.8) |
| Pelvis/buttock | 9 (2.0%) | 9 | 0.2 | 0.2 (0.1 to 0.3) |
| Hip/groin | 9 (2.0%) | 9 | 0.2 | 0.2 (0.1 to 0.3) |
| Thigh | 32 (7.3%) | 28 | 0.8 | 0.6 (0.4 to 0.9) |
| Stump | 1 (0.2%) | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Knee | 34 (7.7%) | 33 | 0.9 | 0.7 (0.5 to 0.9) |
| Lower leg | 25 (5.7%) | 25 | 0.7 | 0.5 (0.3 to 0.7) |
| Ankle, foot and toe | 44 (10.0%) | 42 | 1.1 | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.2) |
| Other | 16 (3.7%) | 16 | 0.4 | 0.3 (0.2 to 0.5) |