Comparison of the demographic characteristics for injured and uninjured athletes
| Injured athletes (n = 8) (SD) | Uninjured athletes (n = 36) (SD) | Significance (two-tailed) | |
| Age, years | 20.0 (2.2) | 19.0 (1.9) | 0.22 |
| Weight, kg | 65.1 (6.3) | 60.4 (1.4) | 0.15 |
| Height, cm | 172.0 (5.0) | 170.7 (7.6) | 0.65 |
| Running experience, years | 4.9 (1.6) | 4.7 (2.6) | 0.58 |
| Weekly training, h | 15.1 (10.1) | 10.4 (5.9) | 0.08 |
| Previous injuries, n | 2 | 7 | 0.73 (χ2 analysis) |