Table 7: Injury severity as reported by the elite high divers. Females described 16 injuries, men 24 injuries.

Injury severity

Female (16 injuries)

Male (24 injuries)

Normal training

0/16 

1/24 = 4 %

Adjusted training

8/16 = 50%

9/24 = 38%

No training < 1 week

4/16 = 25%

5/24 = 21%

No training < 1 month

2/16 = 12,5 %

2/24 = 8 %

No training > 1 month

2/16 = 12,5 %

7/24 = 29%

Note: Females are more often able to continue training with adjustments (50% of injuries), males seem to have more injuries keeping them sidelined for more than one month (29% of injuries).