Table 1.
Injury incidence and number of injuries
| Floorball | Football | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | No | Female | No | RR | Male | No | Female | No | RR | |
| Head/neck | ||||||||||
| Cervical spine | 0.1 | 91 | 0.2 | 61 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 219 | 0.2 | 146 | 1.9 |
| Face (incl. eye) | 1.2 | 1052 | 1.1 | 356 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 3665 | 0.9 | 669 | 0.5 |
| Dental | 1.3 | 1121 | 1.1 | 354 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 3075 | 0.9 | 689 | 0.6 |
| Head/brain | 0.3 | 232 | 0.5 | 151 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 1237 | 0.6 | 431 | 1.0 |
| Upper limb | ||||||||||
| Shoulder | 0.5 | 467 | 0.4 | 133 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 2561 | 0.5 | 414 | 0.5 |
| Upper arm | 0.02 | 18 | 0.02 | 7 | 1.1 | 0.05 | 104 | 0.03 | 24 | 0.7 |
| Elbow | 0.1 | 82 | 0.1 | 44 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 322 | 0.2 | 121 | 1.1 |
| Forearm | 0.1 | 106 | 0.1 | 44 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 569 | 0.2 | 154 | 0.8 |
| Wrist | 0.2 | 165 | 0.3 | 85 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1281 | 0.6 | 455 | 1.0 |
| Hand/finger | 0.7 | 622 | 0.6 | 204 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 3756 | 1.1 | 876 | 0.7 |
| Trunk/back | ||||||||||
| Sternum/ RIB | 0.2 | 164 | 0.2 | 63 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 693 | 0.2 | 167 | 0.7 |
| Abdomen | 0.1 | 63 | 0.04 | 13 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 236 | 0.1 | 39 | 0.5 |
| Lower back/pelvis | 0.05 | 44 | 0.1 | 21 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 163 | 0.1 | 73 | 1.3 |
| Spine undefined | 0.04 | 33 | 0.02 | 8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 140 | 0.04 | 33 | 0.7 |
| Lower limb | ||||||||||
| Hip/groin/thigh | 0.1 | 131 | 0.1 | 45 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 880 | 0.2 | 141 | 0.5 |
| Knee | 2.2 | 1962 | 4.8 | 1550 | 2.2 | 5.2 | 11,527 | 7.8 | 5986 | 1.5 |
| Lower leg/achilles | 0.3 | 237 | 0.2 | 72 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 2403 | 0.6 | 492 | 0.6 |
| Ankle | 0.5 | 409 | 0.9 | 284 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 2852 | 1.2 | 953 | 1.0 |
| Foot/toe | 0.4 | 361 | 0.4 | 139 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 2237 | 0.7 | 571 | 0.7 |
| Total injuries | 8.3 | 7424 | 11.3 | 3657 | 1.4 | 17.1 | 38,235 | 16.2 | 12,523 | 0.9 |
| Specific | ||||||||||
| Eye (face) | 0.4 | 353 | 0.4 | 120 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 311 | 0.1 | 98 | 0.9 |
| Concussion (head/brain) | 0.2 | 180 | 0.4 | 134 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 822 | 0.5 | 349 | 1.2 |
| Handball | Ice hockey | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | No | Female | No | RR | Male | No | Female | No | RR | |
| Head/neck | ||||||||||
| Cervical spine | 0.4 | 34 | 0.5 | 36 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 427 | 1.4 | 33 | 1.3 |
| Face (incl. eye) | 5.2 | 462 | 4.5 | 324 | 0.9 | 7.8 | 3216 | 1.1 | 27 | 0.1 |
| Dental | 5.6 | 493 | 4.2 | 308 | 0.8 | 9.3 | 3818 | 3.3 | 78 | 0.4 |
| Head/brain | 1.3 | 115 | 1.6 | 117 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 1087 | 3.7 | 88 | 1.4 |
| Upper limb | ||||||||||
| Shoulder | 3.9 | 346 | 2.4 | 174 | 0.6 | 6.0 | 2469 | 2.6 | 62 | 0.4 |
| Upper arm | 0.2 | 18 | 0.2 | 14 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 123 | 0.1 | < 5 | 0.3 |
| Elbow | 0.7 | 62 | 0.9 | 68 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 203 | 0.5 | 12 | 1.0 |
| Forearm | 0.3 | 27 | 0.4 | 28 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 816 | 0.5 | 13 | 0.3 |
| Wrist | 1.1 | 98 | 1.6 | 113 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 1125 | 1.6 | 37 | 0.6 |
| Hand/finger | 9.4 | 829 | 8.9 | 643 | 0.9 | 3.8 | 1575 | 1.7 | 41 | 0.5 |
| Trunk/back | ||||||||||
| Sternum/RIB | 0.5 | 47 | 0.6 | 45 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 450 | 1.3 | 31 | 1.2 |
| Abdomen | 0.2 | 19 | 0.1 | 7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 175 | 0.2 | 5 | 0.5 |
| Lower back/pelvis | 0.2 | 22 | 0.3 | 21 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 138 | 0.3 | 8 | 1.0 |
| Spine undefined | 0.2 | 19 | 0.2 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 80 | 0.4 | 9 | 2.0 |
| Lower limb | ||||||||||
| Hip/groin/thigh | 0.7 | 58 | 0.5 | 35 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 414 | 0.4 | 9 | 0.4 |
| Knee | 10.5 | 924 | 20.7 | 1504 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 1951 | 5.3 | 126 | 1.1 |
| Lower leg/achilles | 1.5 | 131 | 1.0 | 76 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 392 | 0.6 | 14 | 0.6 |
| Ankle | 2.4 | 207 | 2.4 | 172 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 513 | 1.7 | 41 | 1.4 |
| Foot/ toe | 1.8 | 155 | 1.4 | 104 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 378 | 0.6 | 15 | 0.7 |
| Total injuries | 46.5 | 4093 | 52.9 | 3837 | 1.1 | 47.4 | 19,539 | 28.0 | 665 | 0.6 |
| Specific | ||||||||||
| Eye (face) | 0.6 | 52 | 0.4 | 28 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 178 | 0.1 | < 5 | 0.2 |
| Concussion (head/brain) | 1.3 | 85 | 2.0 | 101 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 960 | 3.1 | 73 | 1.3 |
The quantities given in italic refer to the risk ratio (RR) between sexes (female injury incidence divided by male injury incidence)
Total injury incidence per 1000 player years. Number of injuries (no) during the study period, 2006–2015 in floorball, football, and handball, and 2006–2012 for ice hockey