Table 4

Injury incidence and unadjusted relative risk estimates in 517 elite handball players by age group and gender

	Number of injuries	Exposure hours	Injury rate	Incidence rate ratio
Senior
Females
Total number of injuries	95	14 688	6.1 (5.2 to 7.9)	1.00
Match injuries^*	26	1 452	17.9 (11.7 to 26.2)	1.00
Training injuries^*	35	13 236	2.6 (1.8 to 3.7)	1.00
Males
Total number of injuries	88	11 211	7.8 (6.3 to 9.7)	1.21 (0.91 to 1.62)
Match injuries^*	31	977	31.7 (22.0 to 45.0)	1.77 (1.05 to 2.98)^†
Training injuries^*	35	10 234	3.4 (2.4 to 4.8)	1.29 (0.81 to 2.06)
U-18
Females
Total number of injuries	50	10 705	4.7 (3.5 to 6.2)	1.00
Match injuries^*	11	845	13.0 (6.5 to 23.3)	1.00
Training injuries^*	21	9 860	2.1 (1.3 to 3.3)	1.00
Males
Total number of injuries	67	9 742	6.9 (5.3 to 8.7)	1.47 (1.02 to 2.12)^†
Match injuries^*	14	815	17.2 (9.3 to 28.8)	1.32 (0.60 to 2.90)
Training injuries^*	29	8 927	3.2 (2.2 to 4.7)	1.53 (0.87 to 2.67)
U-16
Females
Total number of injuries	117	17 320	6.8 (5.6 to 8.1)	1.00
Match injuries^*	15	1 385	10.8 (6.1 to 17.9)	1.00
Training injuries^*	47	15 935	2.9 (2.2 to 3.9)	1.00
Males
Total number of injuries	31	7 347	4.2 (2.9 to 6.0)	0.62 (0.42 to 0.92)^†
Match injuries^*	8	695	11.5 (5.0 to 22.7)	1.06 (0.45 to 2.50)
Training injuries^*	11	6 651	1.7 (0.8 to 3.0)	0.56 (0.29 to 1.08)

Injury rate is per 1000 athlete participation hours; values in parentheses are 95% CI.
↵* Only reported for traumatic injuries.
↵† Statistical significance based on p<.05.