The reported training loads of Swiss junior elite orienteering
athletes aged 18 and 19 years are comparable to the training
loads of elite runners and orienteering athletes in other
studies. However, the training patterns cannot be compared
between these studies because detailed results are missing in
previous studies. Thus, it is difficult to make direct comparisons.
The orienteering athletes seem to apply a reasonable
training protocol, as there were a few, and notably no severe
or ultimate injuries are observed in this group of athletes.The
injury incidence rate is at the lower end of previously reported
rates. Further, the injury patterns assessed in junior elite