Table 3

Frequency and proportion of all time-loss injuries in 166 adult track and field athletes (females n=90, males n=76) during 1 year by diagnosis and body part

Body region	Non-traumatic injury												Traumatic injury												Total (n)		Proportion (% (95% CI))
	Gradual onset injury						Sudden onset injury
	Inflammation and pain			Stress fracture			Sprain, strain or rupture			Joint derangement			Fracture			Dislocation			Open wound/contusion superficial			Internal
	F	M	Tot	F	M	Tot	F	M	Tot	F	M	Tot	F	M	Tot	F	M	Tot	F	M	Tot	F	M	Tot	F/M	Tot
Vertebral column
Head, face	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1/1	2	1 (0 to 2)
Cervical, thoracic	2	1	3	0	0	0	2	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4/7	11	3 (1 to 6)
Lumbar, pelvis, sacrum	16	7	23	1	3	4	5	3	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23/13	36	11 (8 to 16)
Abdomen	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1/2	3	1 (0 to 3)
Extremities
Upper
Shoulder	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1/8	9	3 (1 to 5)
Upper arm, elbow	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3/6	9	3 (1 to 5)
Forearm, wrist, hand	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4/2	6	2 (1 to 4)
Lower
Hip, groin, thigh	20	13	33	0	0	0	16	25	41	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	38/39	77	25 (20 to 30)
Knee, lower leg	29	18	47	1	2	3	3	7	10	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	37/28	65	21 (16 to 26)
Achilles tendon, ankle, foot/toe	29	26	55	3	1	4	12	16	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	5	6	0	0	0	46/48	94	30 (25 to 36)
Unclassified by site
Others and unspecified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0		0 (0 to 1)
Total (n)	101	70	171	5	6	11	41	69	110	5	1	6	0	1	1	2	0	2	3	6	9	1	1	2		312
Proportion (% (95% CI))	55 (49 to 60)			3 (0 to 3)			35 (30 to 41)			2 (1 to 4)			0 (0 to 2)			1 (0 to 2)			3 (1 to 5)			1 (1 to 5)

F, number of females; M, number of males; Tot, total number of injuries.