Table 3

Olympian behaviours during injury

Athletes (n)% of all athletes (95% CI)
Continued all training/competition with injury (with performance decline)79123.6 (21.3–25.8)
Continued training but avoided some activities to off-load injured area77523.1 (20.9 –25.3)
Continued training but changed mode of training to off-load injured area61018.2 (16.1–20.2)
Continued all training/competition with injury (without performance decline)50515.0 (13.2–16.9)
Stopped all training/competition but did rehabilitation exercises for injury72521.6 (19.4–23.8)
Stopped all training/competition completely to allow injury to fully heal64119.1 (17.0–21.2)
  • Multiple option selection, per injury and per athlete across different injuries, permitted.