Table 3

Weekly prevalence of floorball injuries, and prevalence rate ratio in the intervention versus control group

Prevalence intervention group (95% CI)Prevalence control group (95% CI)Prevalence rate ratio (95% CI)P value
All injuries
 Total*12.0 (10.5 to 13.8)14.1 (11.8 to 16.8)0.85 (0.68 to 1.07)0.168
 Female14.5 (11.9 to 17.8)16.5 (11.8 to 23.1)0.88 (0.60 to 1.30)0.520
 Male11.0 (9.2 to 13.3)13.1 (10.7 to 16.2)0.84 (0.64 to 1.11)0.218
Lower limb injuries
 Total*9.6 (8.2 to 11.3)11.6 (9.4 to 14.2)0.83 (0.64 to 1.08)0.160
 Female12.1 (10.5 to 14.0)12.5 (9.7 to 15.9)0.98 (0.74 to 1.29)0.861
 Male8.5 (6.9 to 10.5)11.1 (8.8 to 14.0)0.77 (0.56 to 1.05)0.100
Knee injuries
 Total*6.4 (5.2 to 7.9)5.2 (3.8 to 7.1)1.24 (0.84 to 1.82)0.275
 Female8.4 (6.4 to 11.0)3.3 (1.5 to 7.2)2.52 (1.11 to 5.72) 0.027
 Male5.4 (4.1 to 7.2)5.7 (4.0 to 8.1)0.95 (0.60 to 1.49)0.823
Substantial injuries
 Total*7.1 (6.0 to 8.5)7.5 (5.9 to 9.5)0.96 (0.71 to 1.29)0.761
 Female8.7 (7.0 to 10.9)7.6 (5.0 to 11.5)1.15 (0.71 to 1.84)0.573
 Male6.5 (5.1 to 8.2)7.3 (5.5 to 9.7)0.89 (0.61 to 1.30)0.546
Overuse injuries
 Total*9.5 (8.0 to 11.1)9.9 (7.9 to 12.3)0.96 (0.73 to 1.26)0.762
 Female11.2 (8.8 to 14.2)8.6 (5.3 to 13.9)1.31 (0.76 to 2.25)0.328
 Male8.6 (6.9 to 10.6)10.2 (8.0 to 13.0)0.84 (0.61 to 1.16)0.296
Substantial overuse injuries
 Total*5.1 (4.1 to 6.3)5.6 (4.2 to 7.5)0.91 (0.63 to 1.31)0.606
 Female6.1 (4.6 to 8.1)4.9 (2.8 to 8.6)1.25 (0.66 to 2.37)0.493
 Male4.6 (3.4 to 6.2)5.8 (4.1 to 8.0)0.80 (0.51 to 1.25)0.324

  • Substantial injuries were those that lead to moderate or severe reductions in training volume or performance, or inability to participate in floorball.

  • P values in bold type are statistically significant.

  • *Model adjusted for sex.