## 3 Results
In males aged \(>\)18 years and in females aged \(>\)18 years, the most common injury site was the lower back (males: 58.1%; females: 44.8%), followed by the shoulder (males: 16.1%; females: 13.8%) and the knee (males: 9.7%; females: 10.3%). However, in males aged \(\leq\)18 years, the most common injury site was the lower back (42.1%), followed by the knee (26.3%) and the foot (10.5%), and in females aged \(\leq\)18 years, the most common injury site was the knee (33.3%), followed by the lower back (15.2%) and the shoulder (12.1%) (Table 3). \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline  & \multicolumn{3}{c}{**Male (n = 134)**} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{**Female (n = 73)**} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{**Total (n = 207)**} \\ \cline{2-10}  & \(\leq\)**18 Years** & **\(>\)18 Years** & **Total** & \(\leq\)**18 Years** & **\(>\)18 Years** & **Total** & \(\leq\)**18 Years** & **\(>\)18 Years** & **Total** \\  & **N (\%)** & **N (\%)** & **N (\%)** & **N (\%)** & **N (\%)** & **N (\%)** & **N (\%)** & **N (\%)** & **N (\%)** & **N (\%)** \\ \hline Acute-onset & 17 (44.7) & 14 (45.2) & 31 (44.9) & 12 (36.4) & 8 (27.6) & 20 (32.3) & 29 (40.8) & 22 (36.7) & 51 (38.9) \\ Strength training & 8 (21.1) & 2 (6.5) & 10 (14.5) & 9 (27.3) & 3 (10.3) & 12 (19.4) & 17 (23.9) & 5 (8.3) & 22 (16.8) \\ Water training & 2 (5.3) & 5 (16.1) & 7 (10.1) & 0 (0.0) & 4 (13.8) & 4 (6.5) & 2 (2.8) & 9 (15.0) & 11 (8.4) \\ Ergometer training & 2 (5.3) & 1 (3.2) & 3 (4.3) & 0 (0.0) & 0 (0.0) & 0 (0.0) & 2 (2.8) & 1 (1.7) & 3 (2.3) \\ Competition & 1 (2.6) & 0 (0.0) & 1 (1.4) & 0 (0.0) & 0 (0.0) & 0 (0.0) & 1 (1.4) & 0 (0.0) & 1 (0.8) \\ Other & 4 (10.5) & 6 (19.4) & 10 (14.5) & 3 (9.1) & 1 (3.4) & 4 (6.5) & 7 (9.9) & 7 (11.7) & 14 (10.7) \\ Gradual-onset & 21 (55.3) & 17 (54.8) & 38 (55.1) & 21 (63.6) & 21 (72.4) & 42 (67.7) & 42 (59.2) & 38 (63.3) & 80 (61.1) \\ Total & 38 (100.0) & 31 (100.0) & 69 (100.0) & 33 (100.0) & 29 (100.0) & 62 (100.0) & 71 (100.0) & 60 (100.0) & 131 (100.0) \\ Acute to chronic & 1:1.24 & 1:1.21 & 1:1.23 & 1:1.75 & 1:2.63 & 1:2.10 & 1:1.45 & 1:1.73 & 1:1.57 \\ injury ratio & & & & & & & & & \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 2: Mechanisms of rowing-related injury. Figure 1: Occurrence of injuries in rowing athletes. Regardless of gender and whether the injuries were of acute onset or gradual onset, the lower back was the most common injury site among all participants (Tables 4 and 5). Acute-onset injuries were most frequently localized in the lower back (14 cases, 27.5%), followed by the knee (8 cases, 15.7%) and the ankle (7 cases, 13.7%). In males aged >18 years and in those aged \(\leq\)18 years, acute-onset injuries were most frequently localized in the lower back. However, the most frequent acute-onset injury sites were the lower back (2 cases; 25.0%) and the ankle (2 cases; 25.0%) in females aged >18 years, while the ankle (3 cases; 25.0%) was the most frequently injured site in females aged \(\leq\)18 years. Gradual-onset injuries were most frequently localized in the lower back (38 cases, 47.5%), followed by the knee (19 cases, 23.8%) and the shoulder (8 cases, 10.0%). In males aged >18 years and in those aged \(\leq\)18 years, gradual-onset injuries were most frequently localized in the lower back. However, the most frequent gradual-onset injury site was the lower back (11 cases; 52.4%), while the shoulder (3 cases; 14.3%) and the knee (3 cases; 14.3%) ranked second in females aged >18 years. In females aged \(\leq\)18 years, the knee (9 cases; 42.9%) was the most frequently injured site, followed by the lower back (4 cases; 19.0%) and the shoulder (4 cases; 19.0%).