Table 3.
Injury Location and Type by Severity of Injuries and Season Extended on Next Page
| Orchard Sports Injury Classification System |
Total No. of Injuries, Both Seasons (2008–2009/2009–2010) |
No. of Injuries by Severity (Days Lost) |
|
| Minimal (1–3 d) | |||
| 2008–2009 |
2009–2010 |
||
| Injury location | |||
| Head/face | 11 (4/7) | 0 | 3 |
| Neck/cervical spine | 2 (0/2) | 0 | 1 |
| Shoulder/clavicle | 4 (4/0) | 3 | 0 |
| Upper arm | 0 (0/0) | ||
| Elbow | 1 (1/0) | 0 | 0 |
| Forearm | 0 (0/0) | ||
| Wrist | 1 (0/1) | 0 | 1 |
| Hand/finger/thumb | 5 (3/2) | 1 | 2 |
| Sternum/ribs/upper back | 7 (3/4) | 1 | 0 |
| Abdomen | 3 (1/2) | 1 | 1 |
| Lower back/pelvis/sacrum | 18 (5/13) | 2 | 5 |
| Hip/groin | 12 (5/7) | 1 | 1 |
| Thigh | 88 (50/38) | 9 | 10 |
| Knee | 62 (25/37) | 7 | 10 |
| Lower leg/Achilles tendon | 24 (14/10) | 4 | 3 |
| Ankle | 50 (26/24) | 8 | 7 |
| Foot/toe | 12 (10/2) | 6 | 1 |
| Injury type | |||
| Fracture | 15 (8/7) | 1 | 1 |
| Other bony injury | 5 (0/5) | 0 | 0 |
| Dislocation/subluxation | 2 (2/0) | 1 | 0 |
| Sprain/ligament injury | 74 (33/41) | 8 | 9 |
| Meniscus/cartilage lesion | 9 (6/3) | 0 | 0 |
| Muscle injury/strain | 98 (53/45) | 11 | 10 |
| Tendon injury | 15 (10/5) | 1 | 4 |
| Hematoma/contusion | 54 (28/26) | 16 | 13 |
| Abrasion | 4 (1/3) | 0 | 1 |
| Laceration | 3 (2/1) | 1 | 0 |
| Concussion | 4 (1/3) | 0 | 2 |
| Nerve injury/dental lesion | 0 (0/0) | ||
| Other injury | 17 (7/10) | 4 | 5 |