| No single identifiable event | An acrobat who trains in handbalancing and a Chinese pole has gradual onset of wrist pain over 3 weeks. A juggler has gradual onset over 4 weeks of neck pain radiating into the arm, which he relates to working on a new act.
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| Indirect contact through an object | A musician rolls their ankle after being thrown off balance by a stage prop bumping into them during a transition between acts. A trapeze artist overturns during a release manoeuvre and miscatches the trapeze (contacts with the hands but late in the turn), resulting in a rotator cuff strain.
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| Indirect contact with the ground | A stilt walker steps into a hole while doing an outdoor roaming act and has acute knee joint pain from a meniscus tear. A Chinese pole artist slips and falls on an outstretched hand, resulting in a fractured clavicle.
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| Direct contact with an object | A ground acrobat is struck in the forearm by a spinning cyr wheel, resulting in a fracture of the radius. An aerial acrobat has a skin abrasion following training on a rope. An aerial acrobat loses hand grip while inverted on a trapeze and falls, hitting their head on an 8-inch crash mat, resulting in a concussion.
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| Direct contact with the ground | A tightwire artist has a fall from the apparatus, which results in hitting their knee on the ground, causing a patellar fracture. An aerial acrobat performing without a mat misjudges height with a drop, hitting their head on the ground and sustaining a concussion.
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| Direct contact with another artist | Two hoop divers collide as they dive through the hoops going in opposite directions. One hoop diver kicks the other diver in the thigh, resulting in muscle contusion. A trapeze base’s wrist is forced into hyperextension when catching the flyer from a dynamic release move, resulting in a wrist sprain.
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