Distribution of injuries across body | Age at Injurya | Career stage of Injuryb | Change practiceb | Reported injury to management** | |||||||||||
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Under 25 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | During training | First 5 years of practice | 6-10 years of practice | 11 to 15 years of practice | 15+ after graduating | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||
All regions (n, %) | 705 (100%) | 131 (1%) | 313 (44%) | 139 (2%) | 98 (14%) | 24 (3%) | 12 (2%) | 320 (45%) | 179 (25%) | 70 (10%) | 119 (17%) | 533 (75%) | 171 (24%) | 274 (39%) | 408 (58%) |
Low back | 203 (29%) | 44 (22%) | 97 (48%) | 45 (22%) | 14 (7%) | 3 (1%) | 5 (2%) | 107 (53%) | 46 (23%) | 17 (8%) | 26 (13%) | 168 (83%) | 35 (17%) | 84 (41%) | 111 (55%) |
Neck | 135 (19%) | 18 (13%) | 66 (49%) | 25 (19%) | 18 (13%) | 8 (6%) | 1 (1%) | 54 (40%) | 41 (30%) | 20 (15%) | 19 (14%) | 102 (76%) | 33 (24%) | 50 (37%) | 82 (61%) |
Upper back | 102 (15%) | 22 (21%) | 53 (52%) | 14 (14%) | 12 (12%) | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 50 (48%) | 31 (30%) | 6 (7%) | 13 (13%) | 73 (72%) | 29 (28%) | 26 (25%) | 76 (75%) |
Hands, thumbs, wrist | 51 (7%) | 5 (10%) | 17 (33%) | 10 (20%) | 13 (25%) | 6 (12%) | 1 (2%) | 18 (35%) | 8 (17%) | 7 (14%) | 17 (33%) | 34 (67%) | 17 (33%) | 18 (35%) | 29 (57%) |
Shoulders | 69 (10%) | 9 (13%) | 30 (45%) | 15 (22%) | 13 (19%) | 2 (3%) | 1 (1%) | 28 (41%) | 20 (29%) | 6 (9%) | 13 (19%) | 49 (71%) | 20 (29%) | 24 (35%) | 42 (61%) |
Elbow/Forearms | 112 (16%) | 30 (27%) | 40 (36%) | 20 (18%) | 19 (17%) | 3 (3%) | 3 (3%) | 53 (47%) | 24 (21%) | 8 (7%) | 23 (21%) | 80 (71%) | 32 (29%) | 60 (53%) | 49 (44%) |
Knees | 5 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (20%) | 3 (60%) | 1 (20%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (40%) | 2 (40%) | 1 (20%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (60%) | 2 (40%) |
Hip/Thigh | 16 (2%) | 1 (6%) | 5 (31%) | 4 (25%) | 5 (31%) | 1 (6%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (25%) | 4 (25%) | 2 (12%) | 6 (38%) | 14 (88%) | 2 (12%) | 5 (31%) | 10 (63%) |
Other | 12 (1%) | 2 (17%) | 4 (33%) | 3 (25%) | 3 (25%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (33%) | 3 (25%) | 3 (25%) | 2 (17%) | 8 (67%) | 3 (25%) | 4 (33%) | 7 (58%) |