A Retrospective Observational Study of Presentations to an Australian Emergency Department for Injuries Sustained in Exercise Pursuits Over 14 Years

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Exercise presentations per 1,000 emergency department presentations.

Table 1.

Search Words and Terms Used to Identify Cases

Table 2.

Demographics and Injury Location by Activity Type, 2005-2018

		Demographics		Injury Location/Type
Exercise Category	n, %	Male, n (%)	Age Range, years	Head, n (%)	Upper Limb, n (%)	Lower Limb, n (%)	Torso, n (%)	Nontrauma, n (%)
Yoga	15 (1.07)	3 (20.00)	16-70	4 (26.67)	3 (20.00)	3 (20.00)	1 (6.67)	4 (26.67)
Group exercise^a	23 (1.64)	4 (17.39)	16-66	0 (0.00)	4 (17.39)	11 (47.83)	2 (8.70)	6 (26.09)
Resistance and weight training	94 (6.70)	73 (77.66)	18-60	7 (7.45)	41 (43.62)	9 (9.57)	35 (37.23)	2 (2.13)
Treadmill	49 (3.50)	26 (53.06)	16-83	4 (8.16)	11 (22.45)	17 (34.69)	5 (10.20)	12 (24.49)
Other gym equipment^b	117 (8.35)	78 (66.67)	18-86	12 (10.26)	14 (11.97)	32 (27.35)	35 (29.91)	24 (20.51)
Combat and martial arts^c	441 (31.46)	366 (82.99)	16-62	111 (25.17)	172 (39.00)	99 (22.45)	53 (12.02)	6 (1.36)
Running and jogging	663 (47.29)	390 (58.82)	16-83	62 (9.35)	78 (11.76)	373 (56.26)	44 (6.64)	106 (15.99)
Total	1,402 (100.00)	940 (67.05)		200 (14.27)	323 (23.04)	544 (38.80)	175 (12.48)	160 (11.41)

Table 3.

Exercise Injuries from Gym, Combat, and Running Activities and Rates per 1,000 Emergency Department (ED) Presentations, 2005-2018

Year	ED Presentations, n	Gym, n	Gym/1,000 Presentations	Combat, n	Combat/1,000 Presentations	Running, n	Running/1,000 Presentations	Total	Total/1,000 Presentations
2005	42,716	5	0.12	11	0.26	25	0.59	41	0.96
2006	43,222	9	0.21	23	0.53	27	0.62	59	1.37
2007	45,727	9	0.20	20	0.44	27	0.59	56	1.22
2008	46,527	15	0.32	17	0.37	27	0.58	59	1.27
2009	46,014	13	0.28	25	0.54	27	0.59	65	1.41
2010	47,305	11	0.23	35	0.74	37	0.78	83	1.75
2011	53,698	11	0.20	32	0.60	38	0.71	81	1.51
2012	57,297	14	0.24	28	0.49	36	0.63	78	1.36
2013	59,820	19	0.32	39	0.65	52	0.87	110	1.84
2014	61,921	32	0.52	39	0.63	63	1.02	134	2.16
2015	61,991	33	0.53	33	0.53	69	1.11	135	2.18
2016	60,154	44	0.73	38	0.63	85	1.41	167	2.78
2017	62,865	50	0.80	39	0.62	75	1.19	164	2.61
2018	64,820	33	0.51	62	0.96	75	1.16	170	2.62
Total	754,077	298	0.40	441	0.58	663	0.88	1,402	1.86