Table 8.
Association of role/position of play and prevalent injury types, injury mechanism (trauma/overuse, activity involved)
| Injury type | GK | DF | MF | ST | Total | X2 | P value |
| Concussion | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 36.90 | 0.18 |
| Fracture | – | – | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Muscle rupture/strain | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 22 | ||
| Abrasion | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | ||
| Other bone injury | – | 3 | 1 | – | 4 | ||
| Tendon rupture/tendinosis | – | 4 | – | – | 4 | ||
| Laceration | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | ||
| Dislocation | – | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Sprain/ligament injury | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | ||
| Other injury | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | ||
| Total | 6 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 62 | ||
| Injury mechanism (trauma/ overuse) | |||||||
| Overuse | – | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2.47 | 0.87 |
| Trauma | 6 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 55 | df=6 | |
| Total | 6 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 62 | ||
| Injury mechanism (activity involved) | |||||||
| Running | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 38.38 | 0.75 |
| Dribbling | – | – | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Sliding | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Heading | – | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | ||
| Twisting/turning | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | ||
| Jumping/landing | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | ||
| Tackled by other player | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Shooting | – | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | ||
| Falling/diving | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | ||
| Hit-by-ball | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | ||
| Tackling other player | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | ||
| Stretching | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Collision | 1 | 4 | – | 1 | 6 | ||
| Kicked by other player | 1 | 4 | 2 | – | 7 | ||
| Unknown mechanism | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | df=45 | |
| Total | 6 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 62 | ||
DF, defender; GK, goalkeeper; MF, midfielder; ST, striker.