TABLE 3.
Time loss (mean ± SD, median and Inter Quartile Range) and severity of fracture (%) according to fracture type, onset of injury, mechanism, and player position.
| Total |
Mean ± SD |
Median (Percentile 25–75) |
Minor (≤ 7 days) |
Major (8–28 days) |
Severe (> 28 days) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | Days | Days | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Origin | ||||||
| Match | 66 (61.1%) | 77.0 ± 85.1 | 47 (14–124) | 10 (15.2%) | 14 (21.2%) | 42 (63.6%) |
| Training | 42 (38.9%) | 60.9 ± 75.0 | 47 (16–78) | 8 (19.0%) | 8 (19.0%) | 26 (61.9%) |
|
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| Type | ||||||
| Non-Stress Fracture | 97 (89.8%) | 70.2 ± 84.6 | 46 (14–93) | 17 (17.5%) | 22 (22.7%) | 58 (59.8%) |
| Stress fracture | 11 (10.2%) | 75.6 ± 44.5 | 68 (47–86) | 1 (9.1%) | 0 (0%) | 10 (90.9%) |
|
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| Mechanism | ||||||
| Contact | 91 (84.3%) | 66.2 ± 79.3 | 45 (14–92) | 16 (17.6%) | 21 (23.1%) | 54 (59.3%) |
| Non-Contact | 17 (15.7%) | 94.9 ± 90.1 | 78 (47–93) | 2 (11.8%) | 1 (5.9%) | 14 (82.4%) |
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| Onset of injury | ||||||
| Gradual | 16 (14.8%) | 44.1 ± 31.5 | 44.5 (10.5–74.5) | 3 (18.8%) | 2 (12.5%) | 11 (68.8%) |
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| Sudden | 92 (85.2%) * | 75.4 ± 86.4 | 47 (14.5–104) | 15 (16.3%) | 20 (21.7%) | 57 (62.0%) |
| Player position | ||||||
| Outfield player | 92 (85.2%) * | 75.5 ± 84.7 | 47.5 (15.5–93.5) | 12 (13.0%) | 19 (20.7%) | 61 (66.3%) * |
| Goalkeeper | 16 (14.8%) | 43.2 ± 51.7 | 17.5 (4–59.5) | 6 (37.5%) | 3 (18.8%) | 7 (43.8%) |
*
Significantly different between groups (onset of injury and player position) P < .05