Incidence of injury by onset for athletes competing in the precompetition and competition periods of the Rio 2016 Summer Paralympic Games
| Type of injury | 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 | 510 (100%) | 441 | 12.1 | 10.0 (9.1 to 10.9) |
| Acute traumatic injury | 264 (51.8%) | 241 | 6.6 | 5.2 (4.6 to 5.8)* |
| Acute on chronic injury | 70 (13.7%) | 64 | 1.8 | 1.4 (1.1 to 1.7) |
| Chronic overuse injury | 176 (34.5%) | 166 | 4.5 | 3.4 (3.0 o 4.0) |
*Significantly higher than acute on chronic and chronic injuries (p<0.001).