Incidence of injury in the precompetition and competition periods for athletes competing at the Rio 2016 Summer Paralympic Games
| Period | Total number of injuries (percentage of total number of injuries) | Number of athletes with an injury | Total number of athletes competing | Total number of athlete days | Proportion of athletes with an injury | Injury incidence rate: number of injuries/1000 athlete days (95% CI) |
| All | 510 | 441 | 3657 | 51 198 | 12.1 | 10.0 (9.1 to 10.9) |
| Precompetition period | 141 | 134 | 3657 | 10 971 | 3.7 | 12.9 (10.9 to 15.2)* |
| Competition period | 369 | 325 | 3657 | 40 227 | 8.9 | 9.2 (8.3 to 10.2) |
↵*Significantly higher than injuries in the competition period (p<0.01).