Table 3

Incidence of positive spine MRIs in female and male athletes by sport

Sport

Total athletes

Athletes receiving spine MRIs

Positive spine MRIs

Frequency

(positive MRIs/athletes receiving spine MRIs) (%)

Incidence

(positive MRIs/total athletes × 100)

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Aquatics—diving

68

67

4

2

1

2

25

100

1.47

3.0

Aquatics—swimming

414

487

2

2

0

1

0

50

0

0.2

Aquatics—water polo

104

154

0

1

0

1

0

100

0

0.6

Archery

64

64

0

1

0

1

0

100

0

1.6

Athletics

1140

1227

22

9

11

4

50

44

1.0

0.3

Badminton

86

86

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Beach volleyball

48

48

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Boxing

36

250

1

3

0

1

0

33

0

0.4

Canoe—sprint

91

157

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Cycling—mountain biking

30

50

1

0

1

0

100

0

3.3

0

Equestrian

75

125

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Fencing

104

100

1

1

0

1

0

100

0

1.0

Football

216

287

1

1

1

0

100

0

0.5

0

Gymnastics

210

112

5

1

0

1

0

100

0

0.9

Handball

168

167

1

1

1

1

100

100

0.6

0.6

Hockey

192

192

2

1

2

0

100

0

1.0

0

Judo

153

237

2

6

1

4

50

67

0.7

1.7

Rowing

215

331

3

0

1

0

33

0

0.5

0

Rugby

144

147

1

0

1

0

100

0

0.7

0

Sailing

163

217

1

1

1

1

100

100

0.6

0.5

Shooting

151

239

0

3

0

1

0

33

0

0.4

Table tennis

86

86

0

2

0

1

0

50

0

1.6

Tennis

94

105

0

2

0

2

0

100

0

1.9

Triathlon

54

55

1

0

1

0

100

0

1.9

0

Volleyball

144

144

3

0

1

0

33

0

0.7

0

Weightlifting

103

153

3

3

2

2

68

67

1.9

1.3

Wrestling

114

235

0

2

0

2

0

100

0

0.9

Others

622

663

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

5089

6185

55

45

25

26

45

58

0.5

0.4