Why the study?
What are the injury rates and profiles associated with routine CrossFit training?
What are the injury rates and profiles associated with routine CrossFit training?
CrossFit training has an injury rate of 3.1 per 1000 hours trained, which is similar to Olympic weight-lifting and gymnastics, with shoulder and spine injuries predominating.
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Supports caution in CrossFit prescription; leaves open prospective identification of modifiable risk factors.
Hak et al. (2013) studied this question.
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