Table 7.  Comparative time-loss injury rates per 1,000 athlete-exposures (95% CI) in young and adult taekwondo athletes.

Sport/Study

Men
(≥18 years)

Women
(≥18 years)

Jr. boys
(14-17 years)

Jr. girls
(14-17 years)

Boys
(11-13 years)

Girls
(11-13 years)

Taekwondo

           

This study

6.85
(1.78-11.92)

2.43
(2.33-7.19)

8.97
(2.76-15.19)

17.01
(6.47-27.55)

6.16
(2.13-10.19)

9.37
(2.88-15.86)

Koh et al. (2001)

33.56
(18.85-48.27)

14.22
(2.84-25.60)

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--

--

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Pieter & Bercades (1997)

25.64
(9.90-61.18)

23.81
(22.86-70.48)

0.00

0.00

5.56
(5.33-16.45)

26.32
(25.26-77.90)

Pieter et al. (2004)

20.41
(0.41-40.41)

21.74
(0.44-43.04)

--

--

--

--

Pieter et al. (1995)

27.13
(7.03-47.23)

8.77
(8.42-25.96)

--

--

--

--

Pieter & Lufting (1994)

22.90
(9.94-35.86)

9.68
(1.27-20.63)

--

--

--

--

Pieter & Zemper (1997c)

--

--

25.54
(21.52-29.56)

29.91
(21.27-38.55)

--

--

Pieter & Zemper (1999)

33.45
(27.31-39.59)

23.03
(15.71-30.35)

--

--

--

 

Zemper & Pieter (1989)

23.58
(5.09-42.07)

13.51
(1.78-28.80)

--

--

--

--

Karate

           

Dah & Djessou (1989)

1.98
(1.91-5.87)

--

--

--

--

--

Pieter (1997)

--

--

2.63
(1.01-6.27)

0.00

--

--

Pieter & Kim (2005)

11.32
(4.92-17.73)

2.44
(2.34-7.22)

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--

--

--

Tuominen (1995)

5.77
(0.76-12.30)

8.93
(8.57-26.43)

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