A description of the impairment types of the 93 athletes with an injury on the WEB-IISS at the Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games
Impairment type | Number of athletes with an injury | Percentage of injured athletes in each impairment type (%) |
All | 93 | 100 |
Limb deficiency (amputation, dysmelia and congenital deformity) | 50 | 53.8 |
Spinal cord injury | 25 | 26.9 |
Visual impairment | 8 | 8.6 |
Central neurologic injury (cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, stroke and other neurological impairments) | 6 | 6.5 |
Les autres | 0 | 0 |
Unknown | 4 | 4.3 |
WEB-IISS, web-based injury and injury surveillance system.