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Injury incidence was computed per 1000 registered gymnasts by competition setting as well as injury location, type, cause, severity, and setting.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>From 2008 to 2018, 180 injuries were reported in a total of 2102 gymnasts with injury incidence of 85.6 per 1000 gymnasts (95% CI 73.4 to 97.8). The most common injury site was at the ankle (16.7 per 1000 gymnasts, 95% CI 10.9 to 22.4), and muscle strain\/rupture\/tear was the most common type of injury (28.5 per 1000 gymnasts, 95% CI 21.2 to 35.9). The most common cause was contact with surface (56.1 per 1000 gymnasts, 95% CI 46.1 to 66.2), and the event where most injuries were sustained was the vault (21.9 per 1000 gymnasts, 95% CI 15.4 to 28.4). Incidence of time loss injuries was 38.5 per 1000 gymnasts (95% CI 30.1 to 47.0). Injury incidence was higher during competition (58.5 per 1000 gymnasts, 95% CI 48.2 to 68.8) than during training (27.1 per 1000 RG, 95% CI 19.9 to 34.3; RR 2.16, 95% CI 1.59 to 2.94, p&lt;0.001); injury incidence was greater at Olympic Trials (RR 3.23, 95% CI 1.24 to 8.47, p=0.017) than at National Qualifier meets. We report concussion incidence in gymnastics (5.7 per 1000 gymnasts, 95%\u2009CI 2.3 to 9.2).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This is the largest injury study to date for male artistic gymnasts (180 injuries, 2102 gymnasts, 11 years).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/bjsports-2019-101297","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,14]],"date-time":"2020-10-14T17:22:05Z","timestamp":1602696125000},"page":"163-168","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["Injury incidence and characteristics for elite, male, artistic USA gymnastics competitions from 2008 to 2018"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"55","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3573-451X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"David William","family":"Kruse","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Primary Care Sports Medicine, Orthopaedic Specialty Institute, Irvine, California, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrew Seiji","family":"Nobe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Family Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"John","family":"Billimek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Family Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025080114205894000_55.3.163.1","unstructured":"The Nielsen Company . 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