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Table 3 Analysis of the factors associated with the injury

From: Epidemiology of High Intensity Functional Training (HIFT) injuries in Brazil

Variable

Events

Rate

(injury/month)

Total

p

Gender

 Male

167 (46.5%)

−

359 (100%)

0.07

 Female

192 (53.5%)

Experience level

 Beginner

31 (8.6%)

9.3

359 (100%)

0.001*

 Intermediary

61 (17.0%)

8.12

 Experienced

267(74.4%)

6.29

Training objective

 Health

159 (44.3%)

−

359 (100%)

0.3

 Performance

102 (28.4%)

 Conditioning

16 (4.5%)

 Slimming

47 (13.1%)

 Hypertrophy

15 (4.2%)

 Other

20 (5.6%)

Weekly volume

 1–2 h

110 (30.6%)

−

359 (100%)

0.5

 3–4 h

70 (19.5%)

 5–6 h

120 (33.4%)

 7–10 h

47 (13.1%)

 ≥ 11 h

12 (3.3%)

Warm-up

 Yes

352 (98.1%)

−

359 (100%)

0.8

 No

7 (1.9%)

Cooldown

 Yes

95 (26.5%)

−

359 (100%)

0.05

 No

264 (73.5%)

Training method

 Collective

331 (92.2%)

−

359 (100%)

0.2

 Individual

28 (7.8%)

Competition

 Yes

173 (48.2%)

−

359 (100%)

0.2

 No

186 (51.8%

Competition league

 Local

114 (67.5%)

−

169 (100%)

0.1

 Regional

39 (23.1%)

 National

11 (6.5%)

 International

5 (3.0%)

Competition level

 Beginner

82 (49.1%)

−

167 (100%)

0.5

 Intermediary

5 (32.9%)

 Advanced

30 (18.0%)

Other sports in parallel

 Yes

228 (63.5%)

−

359 (100%)

0.6

 No

131 (36.5%)

  1. *p < 0.05