Table 3.
Injury Mechanisms
| Male (N = 68) | Female (N = 108) | Total (N = 176) | P Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic injury mechanism | .085∗ | |||
| N-Miss | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Contact with another person | 1 (1.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.6%) | |
| Contact with playing surface | 16 (23.5%) | 15 (14.0%) | 31 (17.7%) | |
| Contact with playing apparatus | 3 (4.4%) | 13 (12.1%) | 16 (9.1%) | |
| Acute no contact | 29 (42.6%) | 48 (44.9%) | 77 (44.0%) | |
| Overuse/chronic | 16 (23.5%) | 26 (24.3%) | 42 (24.0%) | |
| Illness (eg, heat illness, skin infection, asthma, etc) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (3.7%) | 4 (2.3%) | |
| Other | 1 (1.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.6%) | |
| Unknown | 2 (2.9%) | 1 (0.9%) | 3 (1.7%) | |
| Tennis-specific mechanism of injury | .092∗ | |||
| N-Miss | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Struck by ball | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (3.0%) | 3 (1.8%) | |
| Other | 6 (9.5%) | 7 (6.9%) | 13 (7.9%) | |
| Unknown | 4 (6.3%) | 3 (3.0%) | 7 (4.3%) | |
| Stepped or tripped on ball | 0 (0.0%) | 6 (5.9%) | 6 (3.7%) | |
| Contact with racquet | 1 (1.6%) | 5 (5.0%) | 6 (3.7%) | |
| Contact with playing surface | 9 (14.3%) | 10 (9.9%) | 19 (11.6%) | |
| Contact with net | 1 (1.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.6%) | |
| Contact with another player | 1 (1.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.6%) | |
| Contact with out of bounds object | 1 (1.6%) | 1 (1.0%) | 2 (1.2%) | |
| Rotation around a planted foot/inversion | 22 (34.9%) | 25 (24.8%) | 47 (28.7%) | |
| Other noncontact (overuse, heat, etc) | 18 (28.6%) | 41 (40.6%) | 59 (36.0%) |
∗
Fisher exact test for count data.