Table 7.
Association of type of match/training and injury mechanism (contact/no contact), re-injuries and severity
| Training/match type (N=241) | ||||||||||
| Injury mechanism (contact/no contact) | FT | FOT | FM | LM | NTT | OCM | NTM | TOTAL | X2 | P value |
| No contact | 16 | – | – | 5 | – | 1 | – | 22 | 300.73 | 0.001 |
| Contact with player | 11 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 39 | ||
| Contact with object | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | df=21 | |
| Total | 27 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 62 | ||
| Re-injury | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 23.66 | 0.001 |
| No | 26 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 59 | df=7 | |
| Total | 27 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 62 | ||
| Severity | ||||||||||
| Slight | 3 | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 7 | 317.93 | 0.001 |
| Minor | 8 | – | – | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | ||
| Moderate | 16 | 1 | 2 | 14 | – | 1 | – | 34 | ||
| Severe | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | df=28 | |
| Total | 27 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 62 | ||
FM, friendly match; FOT, football and other training; FT, football training; LM, league match; NTM, national team match; NTT, national team training; OCM, other cup match.