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. 2023 Aug 5;31(10):4618–4630. doi: 10.1007/s00167-023-07517-6

Table 2.

Injury locations and injury types in male and female amateur football players

Injury locations Sex Injury types Prevalence weeks
Sudden onset Gradual onset
Contusion Fracture Joint sprain/
dislocation
Muscle injury Other sudden onset
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n
Head/neck Male 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (100%) 1
Female 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 26 (54.2%) 22 (45.8%) 48
Trunk Male 1 (14.3%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 4 (57.1%) 0 (0%) 2 (28.6%) 7
Female 8 (9.6%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 5 (6%) 2 (2.4%) 68 (81.9%) 83
Upper extremity Male 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 6 (85.7%) 0 (0%) 1 (14.3%) 0 (0%) 7
Female 4 (11.8%) 5 (14.7%) 10 (29.4%) 4 (11.8%) 2 (5.9%) 9 (26.5%) 34
Hip/groin Male 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 6 (7.5%) 0 (0%) 74 (92.5%) 80
Female 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 24 (24.2%) 0 (0%) 75 (75.8%) 99
Posterior thigh Male 1 (2.4%) 0 (0%) N/A 32 (78.0%) 0 (0%) 8 (19.5%) 41
Female 1 (1.0%) 0 (0%) N/A 43 (42.6%) 0 (0%) 57 (56.4%) 101
Anterior thigh Male 1 (4.8%) 0 (0%) N/A 12 (57.1%) 0 (0%) 8 (38.1%) 21
Female 8 (12.1%) 0 (0%) N/A 32 (48.5%) 0 (0%) 26 (39.4%) 66
Knee Male 2 (5.0%) 0 (0%) 8 (20.0%) N/A 6 (15.0%) 24 (60.0%) 40
Female 20 (5.8%) 0 (0%) 115 (33.1%) N/A 2 (0.6%) 210 (60.5%) 347
Lower leg/Achilles tendon Male 1 (6.7%) 0 (0%) N/A 3 (20.0%) 0 (0%) 11 (73.3%) 15
Female 1 (0.6%) 2 (1.2%) N/A 5 (3.1%) 0 (0%) 154 (95.1%) 162
Ankle Male 3 (6.1%) 0 (0%) 32 (65.3%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 14 (28.6%) 49
Female 28 (12.3%) 0 (0%) 126 (55.3%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.4%) 73 (32.0%) 228
Foot/toe Male 3 (23.1%) 1 (7.7%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (15.4%) 7 (53.8%) 13
Female 15 (13.0%) 1 (0.9%) 2 (1.7%) 0 (0%) 4 (3.5%) 93 (80.9%) 115
Unspecified location Male 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (100%) 1
Female 1 (11.1%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 8 (88.9%) 9
All locations Male 12 (4.6%) 1 (0.4%) 46 (17.6%) 57 (21.8%) 9 (3.4%) 150 (57.3%) 262
Female 86 (7.1%) 8 (0.7%) 253 (21.0%) 113 (9.4%) 37 (3.1%) 795 (65.9%) 1206

N/A, not applicable