Table 5.
Injury location, types and severity in a Spanish sub-elite team.
| Slight | Minor | Moderate | Major | Total Injuries | Absence (matches) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Head/face/neck | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 2 (3) | 0 (0) | 3 (1) | 3 (1) |
| Back/trunk | 17 (11) | 5 (7) | 2 (3) | 0 (0) | 24 (8) | 7 (3) | |
| Hip/Groin | 32 (20) | 8 (11) | 8 (11) | 4 (33) | 52 (17) | 48 (20) | |
| Thigh | 57 (36) | 23 (33) | 31 (44) | 0 (0) | 111 (35) | 71 (29) | |
| Knee | 14 (9) | 10 (14) | 6 (8) | 2 (17) | 32 (10) | 26 (11) | |
| Lower leg | 13 (8) | 7 (10) | 5 (7) | 1 (8) | 26 (8) | 24 (10) | |
| Ankle | 11 (7) | 15 (21) | 14 (20) | 4 (33) | 44 (14) | 46 (19) | |
| Foot | 12 (8) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (8) | 15 (5) | 17 (7) | |
| Upper extremity | 3 (2) | 1 (1) | 2 (3) | 0 (0) | 6 (2) | 4 (2) | |
| Total | 160 (100) | 70 (100) | 71 (100) | 12 (100) | 313 (100) | 246 (100) | |
| Type | Sprain | 12 (8) | 16 (23) | 19 (27) | 5 (42) | 52 (17) | 58 (24) |
| Strain | 7 (4) | 13 (19) | 40 (56) | 2 (17) | 62 (20) | 107 (43) | |
| Contusion | 52 (33) | 12 (17) | 3 (4) | 0 (0) | 67 (21) | 8 (3) | |
| Fracture | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (4) | 1 (8) | 4 (1) | 20 (8) | |
| Dislocation | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (8) | 1 (0) | 9 (4) | |
| Other | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (1) | 1 (0) | |
| Overuse | 88 (55) | 28 (40) | 6 (8) | 3 (25) | 125 (40) | 43 (17) | |
| Total | 160 (100) | 70 (100) | 71 (100) | 12 (100) | 313 (100) | 246 (100) |
Values in parentheses are percentages. Aproximation of the percentages has been made to equal 100%.