Participant demographics (entire cohort)
| Entire cohort | Subgroups by age | Subgroups by level | Subgroups by sex at birth | ||||
| All | Adolescent | Adult | Preprofessional | Professional | Female | Male* | |
| No of participants | 201 | 16 | 185 | 130 | 71 | 172 | 29 |
| Age | 31.40 (8.91) | 14.50 (1.51) | 32.87 (7.68) | 30.45 (9.97) | 33.13 (6.26) | 31.22 (8.60) | 32.50 (10.72) |
| Years of circus experience | 6.98 (4.17) | 5.88 (2.73) | 7.07 (4.27) | 5.71 (3.50) | 9.27 (4.34) | 7.01 (3.96) | 6.75 (5.38) |
| Height (cm) | 164.37 (7.96) | 164.30 (7.22) | 164.38 (8.04) | 164.22 (7.68) | 164.65 (8.50) | 162.85 (6.98) | 173.69 (7.34) |
| Mass (kg) | 62.48 (10.90) | 57.64 (9.90) | 62.90 (10.91) | 62.57 (11.49) | 62.32 (9.82) | 60.62 (9.12) | 73.95 (13.81) |
| History of eating disorder | 18.00% | 0.00% | 19.57% | 17.83% | 18.31% | 20.35% | 3.57% |
| History of amenorrhoea† | NA | 35.71% | 16.46% | 21.05% | 12.07% | 18.02% | NA |
| History of musculoskeletal injury | 89.50% | 75.00% | 90.76% | 87.60% | 92.96% | 90.12% | 85.71% |
| History of concussion/head injury | 30.50% | 12.50% | 32.07% | 21.71% | 46.48% | 29.07% | 39.29% |
| History of connective tissue disorder | 1.50% | 6.25% | 1.09% | 1.55% | 1.41% | 1.16% | 3.57% |
| Positive Beighton score‡ | 34.50% | 31.25% | 34.78% | 31.78% | 39.44% | 37.21% | 17.86% |
Measures are reported as mean (SD) or percentage (%).
*One male preprofessional participant did not complete a medical history questionnaire, so percentages were adjusted.
†History of amenorrhoea excludes males and accounts for the onset of puberty and the use of birth control.
‡Positive Beighton score as criteria for generalised joint hypermobility was ≥6/9 in prepubertal children, ≥5/9 for postpubertal up to age 50 and ≥4/9 for over age 50.18
NA, not available;