Injuries in Physical Education Teacher Students: Differences between Sex, Curriculum Year, Setting, and Sports

Table 1

Injury prevalence and proportions per injury location per sex and curriculum year for all injuries. Proportions (and 95% confidence intervals) are calculated as percentage of total injuries per sex per curriculum year. For 37 injuries, the exact injury location was unknown.

Body locations	Sex	Freshmen			2nd year			3rd year			Total
		n	%	95% CI (%)	n	%	95% CI (%)	n	%	95% CI (%)	n	%	95% CI (%)
Head and neck total	Male	15	2.3	1.2–3.4	5	1.6	0.2–3.0	4	2.4	0.1–4.7	24	2.1	1.3–2.9
	Female	10	1.9	0.7–3.1	9	3.2	1.2–5.2	6	3.7	0.8–6.6	25	2.5	1.5–3.5
	Total	25	2.1	1.3–2.9	14	2.3	1.1–3.5	10	3.0	1.2–4.8	49	2.3	1.7–2.9
Upper limbs total	Male	129	19.5	16.5–22.5	84	26.7	21.8–31.6	30	18.2	12.3–24.1	243	21.3	18.9–23.7
	Female	114	21.2	17.7–24.7	51	17.9	13.4–22.4	26	15.9	10.3–21.5	191	19.4	16.9–21.9
	Total	243	20.3	18.0–22.6	135	22.5	19.2–25.8	56	17.0	12.9–21.1	434	20.4	18.7–22.1
Shoulder/clavicula	Male	70	10.6	8.3–12.9	45	14.3	10.4–18.2	15	9.1	4.7–13.5	130	11.4	9.6–13.2
	Female	47	8.7	6.3–11.1	23	8.1	4.9–11.3	14	8.5	4.2–12.8	84	8.5	6.8–10.2
	Total	112	9.8	8.1–11.5	68	11.3	8.8–13.8	29	8.8	5.7–11.9	214	10.1	8.8–11.4
Upper arm	Male	1	0.2	0.0–0.5	1	0.3	0.0–0.9	0	0.0	0.0–0.0	2	0.2	0.0–0.5
	Female	1	0.2	0.0–0.6	0	0.0	0.0–0.0	1	0.6	0.0–1.8	2	0.2	0.0–0.5
	Total	2	0.2	0.0–0.5	1	0.2	0.0–0.6	1	0.3	0.0–0.9	4	0.2	0.0–0.4
Elbow	Male	10	1.5	0.6–2.4	5	1.6	0.2–3.0	3	1.8	0.0–3.8	18	1.6	0.9–2.3
	Female	7	1.3	0.3–2.3	10	3.5	1.4–5.6	2	1.2	0.0–2.9	19	1.9	1.0–2.8
	Total	17	1.4	0.7–2.1	15	2.5	1.3–3.7	5	1.5	0.2–2.8	37	1.7	1.2–2.2
Forearm	Male	3	0.5	0.0–1.0	2	0.6	0.0–1.5	1	0.6	0.0–1.8	6	0.5	0.1–0.9
	Female	3	0.6	0.0–1.3	3	1.1	0.0–2.3	0	0.0	0.0–0.0	6	0.6	0.1–1.1
	Total	6	0.5	0.1–0.9	5	0.8	0.1–1.5	1	0.3	0.0–0.9	12	0.6	0.3–0.9
Wrist	Male	22	3.3	1.9–4.7	15	4.8	2.4–7.2	6	3.6	0.8–6.4	43	3.8	2.7–4.9
	Female	28	5.2	3.3–7.1	3	1.1	0.0–2.3	2	1.2	0.0–2.9	33	3.3	2.2–4.4
	Total	50	4.2	3.1–5.3	18	3.0	1.6–4.4	8	2.4	0.7–4.1	76	3.6	2.8–4.4
Hand/finger/thumb	Male	23	3.5	2.1–4.9	16	5.1	2.7–7.5	5	3.0	0.4–5.6	44	3.9	2.8–5.0
	Female	27	5.0	3.2–6.8	12	4.2	1.9–6.5	7	4.3	1.2–7.4	46	4.7	3.4–6.0
	Total	50	4.2	3.1–5.3	28	4.7	3.0–6.4	12	3.6	1.6–5.6	90	4.2	3.3–5.1
Trunk total	Male	44	6.6	4.7–8.5	27	8.6	5.5–11.7	13	7.9	3.8–12.0	84	7.4	5.9–8.9
	Female	45	8.4	6.1–10.7	33	11.6	7.9–15.3	21	12.8	7.7–17.9	99	10.0	8.1–11.9
	Total	89	7.4	5.9–8.9	60	10.0	7.6–12.4	34	10.3	7.0–13.6	183	8.6	7.4–9.8
Sternum/ribs/abdomen	Male	8	1.2	0.4–2.0	2	0.6	0.0–1.5	3	1.8	0.0–3.8	13	1.1	0.5–1.7
	Female	2	0.4	0.0–0.9	2	0.7	0.0–1.7	1	0.6	0.0–1.8	5	0.5	0.1–0.9
	Total	10	0.8	0.3–1.3	4	0.7	0.0–1.4	4	1.2	0.0–2.4	18	0.8	0.4–1.2
Back (upper and lower)/pelvis/sacrum	Male	36	5.4	3.7–7.1	25	7.9	4.9–10.9	10	6.1	2.4–9.8	71	6.2	4.8–7.6
	Female	43	8.0	5.7–10.3	31	10.9	7.3–14.5	20	12.2	7.2–17.2	94	9.5	7.711.3
	Total	79	6.6	5.2–8.0	56	9.3	7.0–11.6	30	9.1	6.0–12.2	165	7.8	6.7–8.9
Lower limbs total	Male	459	69.3	65.8–72.8	197	62.5	57.2–67.8	115	69.7	62.7–76.7	771	67.5	64.8–70.2
	Female	360	66.9	62.9–70.9	189	66.3	60.8–71.8	106	64.6	57.3–71.9	655	66.4	63.5–69.3
	Total	819	68.3	65.7–70.9	386	64.3	60.5–68.1	221	67.2	62.1–72.3	1426	67.0	65.0–69.0
Hip/groin	Male	24	3.6	2.2–5.0	6	1.9	0.4–3.4	6	3.6	0.8–6.4	36	3.2	2.2–4.2
	Female	16	3.0	1.6–4.4	10	3.5	1.4–5.6	0	0.0	0.0–0.0	26	2.6	1.6–3.6
	Total	40	3.3	2.3–4.3	16	2.7	1.4–4.0	6	1.8	0.4–3.2	62	2.9	2.2–3.6
Thigh	Male	40	6.0	4.2–7.8	13	4.1	1.9–6.3	5	3.0	0.4–5.6	58	5.1	3.8–6.4
	Female	33	6.1	4.1–8.1	15	5.3	2.7–7.9	9	5.5	2.0–9.0	57	5.8	4.3–7.3
	Total	73	6.1	4.7–7.5	28	4.7	3.0–6.4	14	4.3	2.1–6.5	115	5.4	4.4–6.4
Knee	Male	108	16.3	13.5–19.1	69	21.9	17.3–26.5	43	26.1	19.4–32.8	220	19.3	17.0–21.6
	Female	91	16.9	13.7–20.1	63	22.1	17.3–26.9	43	26.2	19.5–32.9	197	20.0	17.5–22.5
	Total	199	16.6	14.5–18.7	132	22.0	18.7–25.3	86	26.1	21.4–30.8	417	19.6	17.9–21.3
Lower leg	Male	91	13.7	11.1–16.3	16	5.1	2.7–7.5	11	6.7	2.9–10.5	118	10.3	8.5–12.1
	Female	81	15.1	12.1–18.1	20	7.0	4.0–10.0	13	7.9	3.8–12.0	114	11.6	9.6–13.6
	Total	172	14.3	12.3–16.3	36	6.0	4.1–7.9	24	7.3	4.5–10.1	232	10.9	9.6–12.2
Achilles tendon	Male	8	1.2	0.4–2.0	1	0.3	0.0–0.9	3	1.8	0.0–3.8	12	1.1	0.5–1.7
	Female	7	1.3	0.3–2.3	3	1.1	0.0–2.3	2	1.2	0.0–2.9	12	1.2	0.5–1.9
	Total	15	1.3	0.7–1.9	4	0.7	0.0–1.4	5	1.5	0.2–2.8	24	1.1	0.7–1.5
Ankle	Male	150	22.7	19.5–25.9	80	25.4	20.6–30.2	34	20.6	14.4–26.8	264	23.1	20.7–25.5
	Female	104	19.3	16.0–22.6	69	24.2	19.2–29.2	29	17.7	11.9–23.5	202	20.5	18.0–23.0
	Total	254	21.2	18.9–23.5	149	24.8	21.3–28.3	63	19.1	14.9–23.3	466	21.9	20.1–23.7
Foot/toe	Male	36	5.4	3.7–7.1	12	3.8	1.7–5.9	11	6.7	2.9–10.5	59	5.2	3.9–6.5
	Female	26	4.8	3.0–6.6	8	2.8	0.9–4.7	10	6.1	2.4–9.8	44	4.5	3.2–5.8
	Total	62	5.2	3.9–6.5	20	3.3	1.9–4.7	21	6.4	3.8–9.0	103	4.8	3.9–5.7
Total	Male	662	100		315	100		165	100		1142	100
	Female	538	100		285	100		164	100		987	100
	Total	1200	100		600	100		329	100		2129	100