Aetiological Factors of Running-Related Injuries: A 12 Month Prospective “Running Injury Surveillance Centre” (RISC) Study

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Table 3 Running-related injury pathology by sex

	All (n = 258: 100%)	Males (n = 163: 63%)	Females (n = 95: 37%)	P value
Achilles tendinopathy	n = 35 (21%)	n = 23 (14%)	n = 12 (13%)	0.70
Calf strain	n = 24 (15%)	n = 22 (14%)	n = 2 (2%)	0.01*
Lower limb stress fracture	n = 16 (10%)	n = 11 (7%)	n = 5 (5%)	0.67
Plantar fasciitis	n = 15 (9%)	n = 11 (7%)	n = 4 (4%)	0.55
Lower back pain	n = 14 (8%)	n = 11 (7%)	n = 3 (3%)	0.48
Patellofemoral pain syndrome	n = 13 (8%)	n = 11 (7%)	n = 2 (2%)	0.22
Hamstring tendinopathy	n = 9 (5%)	n = 4 (3%)	n = 5 (5%)	0.29
Medial tibial stress syndrome	n = 9 (5%)	n = 5 (3%)	n = 4 (4%)	0.58
Hamstring strain	n = 8 (5%)	n = 7 (4%)	n = 1 (1%)	0.28
Piriformis syndrome	n = 8 (5%)	n = 5 (3%)	n = 3 (3%)	0.69
Iliotibial band friction syndrome	n = 5 (3%)	n = 3 (2%)	n = 2 (2%)	0.68
Quadriceps strain	n = 4 (2%)	n = 3 (2%)	n = 1 (1%)	0.62
Patellar Tendinopathy	n = 4 (2%)	n = 1 (1%)	n = 3 (3%)	0.17
Hip flexor strain	n = 2 (1%)	n = 1 (1%)	n = 1 (1%)	0.69

n: sample size; *: significant Chi-square p-value between males and females at p < 0.05