What is the incidence and characteristics of time-loss injuries in competitive fencing?
Time-loss injuries in competitive fencing are rare and primarily consist of lower extremity sprains and strains.
The rate of time-loss injury in competitive fencing is low. Although there are differences in the distribution of types and location of time-loss injuries by sex and discipline, the predominant characteristics (sprain/strain in the lower extremities) are similar to other sports with ballistic action in stop-start, rapid change-of-direction activity.
Peter Harmer (Sat,) studied this question.