TABLE 3.
Proportion of Injuries by Body Part, Diagnosis, Sport, and Type of Contacta
| Football | Ice Hockey | Lacrosse | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tackling | Tackled | Checking | Checked | Checking | Checked | |
| Body part injured | ||||||
| Head/face b | 2008 (29.2) | 1962 (25.1) | 21 (26.6) | 130 (37.1) | 59 (42.8) | 76 (47.5) |
| Neck/cervical spine | 356 (5.2) | 200 (2.6) | 2 (2.5) | 5 (1.4) | 3 (2.2) | 3 (1.9) |
| Shoulder | 1228 (17.9) | 820 (10.5) | 16 (20.3) | 72 (20.6) | 34 (24.6) | 16 (10.0) |
| Clavicle/collarbone | 89 (1.3) | 282 (3.6) | 9 (11.4) | 24 (6.9) | 14 (10.1) | 11 (6.9) |
| Hand/wrist | 948 (13.8) | 501 (6.4) | 8 (10.1) | 26 (7.4) | 10 (7.2) | 4 (2.5) |
| Chest/thoracic spine/ribs | 140 (2.0) | 268 (3.4) | 2 (2.5) | 16 (4.6) | 4 (2.9) | 8 (5.0) |
| Knee | 633 (9.2) | 1158 (14.8) | 8 (10.1) | 16 (4.6) | 4 (2.9) | 16 (10.0) |
| Ankle | 454 (6.6) | 961 (12.3) | 2 (2.5) | 6 (1.7) | 1 (0.7) | 7 (4.4) |
| Other c | 1013 (14.7) | 1668 (21.3) | 11 (13.9) | 55 (15.7) | 9 (6.5) | 19 (11.9) |
| Total | 6869 (100.0) | 7820 (100.0) | 79 (100.0) | 350 (100.0) | 138 (100.0) | 160 (100.0) |
| Injury diagnosis | ||||||
| Concussion | 1939 (28.2) | 1885 (24.1) | 16 (20.5) | 118 (33.7) | 54 (39.1) | 70 (43.8) |
| Contusion | 790 (11.5) | 1370 (17.5) | 12 (15.4) | 60 (17.1) | 16 (11.6) | 24 (15.0) |
| Ligament sprain | 1374 (20.0) | 2132 (27.3) | 15 (19.2) | 48 (13.7) | 16 (11.6) | 25 (15.6) |
| Muscle strain | 605 (8.8) | 494 (6.3) | 3 (3.8) | 17 (4.9) | 9 (6.5) | 8 (5.0) |
| Fracture | 773 (11.3) | 943 (12.1) | 13 (16.7) | 46 (13.1) | 17 (12.3) | 15 (9.4) |
| Dislocation/separation | 467 (6.8) | 314 (4.0) | 9 (11.5) | 25 (7.1) | 12 (8.7) | 3 (1.9) |
| Other d | 916 (13.3) | 670 (8.6) | 10 (12.8) | 36 (10.3) | 14 (10.1) | 15 (9.4) |
| Total | 6864 (100.0) | 7808 (100.0) | 78 (100.0) | 350 (100.0) | 138 (100.0) | 160 (100.0) |
aValues are presented as n (%). n does not equal n values from Tables 1 and 2 because of the small number of injury reports with specific questions left unanswered. Intentional player contact is defined as tackling or being tackled in football and checking or being checked in lacrosse or ice hockey.
bIncludes mouth, teeth, ears, eyes, and nose injuries.
cAll body sites that did not make up at least 5% of the total intentional player contact injuries for any individual sport (eg, abdomen, upper arm, and hip).
dAll diagnoses that did not make up at least 5% of the total diagnoses for any individual sport (eg, abrasion, hernia, and internal injury).