Characteristics of preparticipation injury complaints (n=204)
| Total (n=204) | Females (n=98) | Males (n=106) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level of athletics participation (training or competition) while experiencing an injury complaint, n (%) | |||
| Full participation | 126 (61.8) | 66 (67.3) | 60 (56.6) |
| Reduced participation (partial time loss) | 70 (34.3) | 30 (30.6) | 40 (37.7) |
| No participation (full time loss) | 8 (3.9) | 2 (2.0) | 6 (5.7) |
| Mode of onset, n (%)* | |||
| Sudden onset (traumatic cause) | 18 (9.9) | 7 (8.0) | 11 (11.8) |
| Sudden onset (overuse cause) | 66 (36.5) | 34 (38.6) | 32 (34.4) |
| Gradual onset | 89 (49.2) | 45 (51.1) | 44 (47.3) |
| Other incident, not related to training or competing in athletics | 8 (4.4) | 2 (2.3) | 6 (6.5) |
| Injury complaint severity score,† mean (SD) | 5.4 (3.7) | 5.4 (3.6) | 5.4 (3.7) |
| Duration, n (%)‡ | |||
| <1 week | 27 (14.7) | 12 (13.6) | 15 (15.6) |
| 1–2 weeks | 43 (23.4) | 22 (25.0) | 21 (21.9) |
| 3–4 weeks | 32 (17.4) | 16 (18.2) | 16 (16.7) |
| >4 weeks | 82 (44.6) | 38 (43.2) | 44 (45.8) |
One preparticipation injury complaint was counted per athlete.
Among the 204 athletes who reported at least a pre-existing injury, the main athlete's characteristics (gender, age, country, height, weight, event group, time spent to training) were 96.4% complete and the injury complaint characteristics were 91.3% complete.
*Missing data for 23 injury complaints: 10 females and 13 males. These complaints were excluded from the calculations.
†The injury complaint severity score was calculated using items 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4 of the PHQ inspired by the calculation of the OSTRC Overuse Injury Questionnaire severity score from Clarsen et al.9
‡Missing data for 20 injury complaints: 10 females and 10 males. These complaints were excluded from the calculations.
OSTRC, Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre; PHQ, preparticipation health questionnaire.