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Table 2 Body Region of most significant injury throughout career

From: Exploring musculoskeletal injuries in the podiatry profession: an international cross sectional study

 

Distribution of injuries across body

Age at Injurya

Career stage of Injuryb

Change practiceb

Reported injury to management**

 

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%)

  1. aNo injuries reported over 64 years
  2. bMissing data responses from drop outs