Table 1: Injury rates of combat sports Authors Injury rate per 1000 athlete-exposure (bout) Injury rate in other parameter General sports injury rate Petridou E 1 6% / yr Boxing including Muay Thai boxing Gartland S et al 2 1.35% / yr (beginner) 0.243% / yr (amateur) 0.279% / yr (professional) Zazryn et al 3 108 Enzenauer et al 4 Not given Not given Porter and O'Brien 5 228 70% / yr (competition) 69% / yr (training) Ohhashi et al 6 Not given Not given Karate Tuominen R 7 280 Critchley GR and others 8 90 Zetarul et al 9 Not given Not given Taekwondo Pieter W and Zemper ED 10 21.42(boy) 16.91 (girl) Wrestling Lorish TR 11 12.7% (overall incidence) Jarret GJ 12 9.6 Pasque CB and Hewett TE 13 6 53% / season