Demographics

N (%)

Gender (number of athletes)

Male

24^* (73%)

Female

9^** (27%)

Impairment (number of injuries)

Visual impairment

17 (49%)

Physical impairment, upper motor neuron injury

5 (14%)

Physical impairment, lower limb deficiency

6 (17%)

Physical impairment, upper limb deficiency

3 (9%)

Impaired muscle power, post polio myelitis

4 (11%)

Laterality (number of muscle injuries)

Left

14 (40%)

Right

21 (60%)

Chronicity of muscle injury (number of muscle injuries)

Acute

27 (77%)

Acute on chronic

3 (9%)

Chronic

2 (6%)

Unclassified (Delayed onset muscle soreness)

3 (9%)

Injury site (number of muscle injuries)

Shoulder

7 (20%)

Hip

3 (9%)

Thigh

21 (60%)

Lower leg

4 (11%)

Location of injury within muscle (number of muscle injuries)

Proximal third

14 (40%)

Middle third

12 (34%)

Distal third

8 (23%)

Diffuse

1 (3%)

BAMIC grade (number of muscle injuries)

0a, 0b, 1a

0

1b

5 (14%)

1c

0

2a

7 (20%)

2b

4 (11%)

2c

2 (6%)

3a

5 (14%)

3b

0

3c

4 (11%)

4

0

4c

2 (6%)

Unclassifiable

6 (17%)

Modified Peetrons grade (number of muscle injuries)

1

15 (43%)

2

12 (34%)

3

2 (6%)

Unclassifiable

6 (17%)