Table 3: Number of imaging-depicted muscle injuries stratified by impairment type in the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

 

Impairment type

 

 

 

Muscles

Visual impairment

Physical impairment, upper motor neuron injury

Physical impairment, upper limb deficiency

Physical impairment, lower limb deficiency

Impaired muscle power, post polio myelitis

Deltoid

1

1

0

0

3

Supraspinatus

0

0

0

0

1

Subscapularis

1

0

0

0

0

Adductor longus/magnus

2

0

0

0

0

Biceps femoris

5

2

3

0

0

Rectus femoris

1

2

2

0

0

Pectineus

1

0

0

0

0

Gluteus maximus

1

0

0

0

0

Gracilis

0

0

0

1

0

Semitendinosus

1

0

1

1

0

Vastus intermedius

1

0

0

0

0

Gastrocnemius Medial head

2

0

0

0

0

Soleus

1

0

0

0

0

Tibialis anterior and extensors

0

0

0

1

0

TOTAL

17 (49%)

5 (14%)

6 (17%)

3 (9%)

4 (11%)