Injury frequency in relationship to activity (entire cohort)
| All | Adolescent | Adult | Preprofessional | Professional | Female | Male | |
| Warm-up | 4 (1%) | 0 | 4 (2%) | 2 (1%) | 2 (2%) | 3 (1%) | 1 (2%) |
| Training | 187 (66%) | 13 (57%) | 174 (67%) | 115 (66%) | 72 (65%) | 151 (66%) | 36 (55%) |
| Rehearsal | 16 (6%) | 2 (9%) | 14 (5%) | 12 (7%) | 4 (4%) | 11 (5%) | 5 (9%) |
| Performance | 16 (6%) | 0 | 16 (6%) | 6 (3%) | 10 (9%) | 11 (5%) | 5 (9%) |
| Conditioning flexibility | 22 (8%) | 2 (9%) | 20 (8%) | 15 (9%) | 7 (6%) | 19 (8%) | 3 (5%) |
| Conditioning strength | 13 (5%) | 2 (9%) | 11 (4%) | 10 (6%) | 3 (3%) | 12 (5%) | 1 (2%) |
| Indirectly circus related | 11 (4%) | 2 (9%) | 9 (3%) | 6 (3%) | 5 (5%) | 9 (4%) | 2 (4%) |
| Not circus related | 7 (2%) | 1 (4%) | 6 (2%) | 5 (3%) | 2 (2%) | 6 (3%) | 1 (2%) |
| Unknown | 7 (2%) | 1 (4%) | 6 (2%) | 2 (1%) | 5 (5%) | 6 (3%) | 1 (2%) |
| Aerial | 95 (34%) | 2 (9%) | 93 (36%) | 50 (29%) | 45 (41%) | 76 (33%) | 19 (35%) |
| Aerial with ground elements | 27 (10%) | 0 | 27 (10%) | 22 (13%) | 5 (5%) | 27 (12%) | 0 |
| Ground (human propulsion) | 20 (7%) | 3 (13%) | 17 (7%) | 14 (8%) | 6 (5%) | 15 (7%) | 5 (9%) |
| Ground (apparatus propulsion) | 1 (0%) | 1 (4%) | 0 | 1 (1%) | 0 | 1 (0%) | 0 |
| Ground (balance/control) | 69 (24%) | 9 (39%) | 60 (23%) | 42 (24%) | 27 (25%) | 48 (21%) | 21 (38%) |
| Manipulation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Character | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Multidisciplinary | 7 (2%) | 0 | 7 (3%) | 4 (2%) | 3 (3%) | 6 (3%) | 1 (2%) |
| Warm-up | 4 (1%) | 0 | 4 (2%) | 2 (1%) | 2 (2%) | 3 (1%) | 1 (2%) |
| Conditioning flexibility | 22 (8%) | 2 (9%) | 20 (8%) | 15 (9%) | 7 (6%) | 19 (8%) | 3 (5%) |
| Conditioning strength | 13 (5%) | 2 (9%) | 11 (4%) | 10 (6%) | 3 (3%) | 12 (5%) | 1 (2%) |
| Indirectly circus related | 11 (4%) | 2 (9%) | 9 (3%) | 6 (3%) | 5 (5%) | 9 (4%) | 2 (4%) |
| Not circus related | 7 (2%) | 1 (4%) | 6 (2%) | 5 (3%) | 2 (2%) | 6 (3%) | 1 (2%) |
| Unknown | 7 (2%) | 1 (4%) | 6 (2%) | 2 (1%) | 5 (5%) | 6 (3%) | 1 (2%) |
Indirectly circus related, if related to circus but did not occur from participation in training or performance (eg, walking across the gym, spotting); not circus related, known cause outside of circus context (eg, riding a bike); unknown, insidious onset or participant unable to identify a cause; multidisciplinary, multiple disciplines involved in more than one discipline subgroup.