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Table 4 Incidence and proportion of overuse injuries of the extremities (OIE) based on numbers of hours of exposure in 10 studies on adults

From: Association between sports type and overuse injuries of extremities in adults: a systematic review

Sport

Author Year

Number of OIE

Incidence estimate given in the article

Number of hours of exposure

Proportions of OIE based on number of hours of exposure (*1000)

Soccer

Kristenson 2013 [10]

406

-

367490

1.10

Tegnander 2008 [11]

21

0.8 per 1000 game hours

0.7 per 1000 training hours

30619

0.68

Jacobson 2007 [12]

62

Between 0.0 to 0.6 depending on area

47075

1.32

Lüthje 1996 [13]

16

-

-

-

Nielsen 1989 [14]

30

-

15908

1.89

79

-

23400

3.38

Eirale 2013 [15]

115

From 0.03 to 2.0 (varying depending on diagnosis & localisation)

39100

2.94

Faude 2005 [16]

7

-

39162

0.18

 

Ekstrand 2011 [17]

?

From 0 to 0.5 (depending on diagnosed area)

M: 198071

F: 48404

-

Triathlon

Andersen 2013 [19]

403

-

48024

8.39

Beach volleyball

Bahr 2003 [18]

21

Estimates from diagram

-

1576

13.32

  1. * multiplied by 1000