Table 1

Frequencies and percentages of anatomical areas recorded for all first visit encounters and for first visit encounters with athletes and non-athletes separately

 All encountersAthletesNon-athletesFDR-p
n=765n=462n=303
Anatomical area
 Lumbar spine/lower back130 (16.7)70 (15.2)60 (19.8)0.456
 Knee119 (15.6)71 (15.4)48 (15.8)0.977
 Neck/cervical spine70 (9.2)24 (5.2)46 (15.2)<0.001
 Upper leg62 (8.1)58 (12.6)4 (1.3)<0.001
 Thoracic spine/upper back58 (7.6)30 (6.5)28 (9.2)0.539
 Shoulder/clavicle52 (6.8)27 (5.8)25 (8.3)0.539
 Lower leg52 (6.8)32 (6.9)20 (6.6)0.977
 Ankle35 (4.6)22 (4.8)13 (4.3)0.977
 Foot34 (4.4)19 (4.1)15 (5.0)0.969
 Pelvis/sacrum/buttock31 (4.1)22 (4.8)9 (3.0)0.558
 Hip29 (3.8)21 (4.5)8 (2.6)0.539
 Achilles tendon27 (3.5)17 (3.7)10 (3.3)0.977
 Multiple body locations19 (2.5)14 (3.0)5 (1.7)0.560
Other anatomical area
 Elbow9 (1.2)7 (1.5)2 (0.7)
 Groin8 (1.1)7 (1.5)1 (0.3)
 Abdomen6 (0.8)4 (0.9)2 (0.7)
 Wrist6 (0.8)5 (1.1)1 (0.3)
 Finger4 (0.5)3 (0.6)1 (0.3)
 Upper arm3 (0.4)2 (0.4)1 (0.3)
 Forearm3 (0.4)3 (0.6)0 (0)
 Thumb3 (0.4)1 (0.2)2 (0.7)
 Chest2 (0.3)2 (0.4)0 (0)
 Hand2 (0.3)1 (0.2)1 (0.3)
 Other medical1 (0.1)0 (0)1 (0.3)
  • FDR-p, FDR adjusted p values from post hoc χ2 tests (athletes vs non-athletes).