Outcomes | Risk of bias* | Imprecision† | Indirectness‡ | Inconsistency§ | No of para athletes | Quality |
Injuries prevalence in para athletes | No serious risk of bias | Serious imprecision | Serious indirectness | Serious inconsistency | 12 151 | Very low quality |
Injuries incidence rate in para athletes | No serious risk of bias | Serious imprecision | Serious indirectness | No serious inconsistency | 11 608 | Low quality |
*More than 25% of studies with a risk of bias (ie, inappropriate sampling method or statistical analyses).
†More than 25% of studies with small sample size.
‡More than 25% of studies did not use valid and reliable methods for data collection.
§Heterogeneity across the studies (prediction interval has a variation ≥0.5 between upper and lower limits).