Table 3.
Injury nature for studies reporting medical-attention injury in community cricket (ED presentations unless otherwise noted)
| First author, year (reference) | No of injuries | Age range | Concussion/closed head intracranial injury or seizure | Superficial injury | Eye injury | Fracture | Avulsion / dislocation |
Injury to muscle and tendon or rupture/tear | Internal organ injury | Open wound/laceration | Soft tissue | Sprain | Strain | Bruising | Overuse | Inflammation* | Abrasion/friction burn | Other/NR |
| Perera, 201922 | HA: 121 | 5–45+ years | – | 5.0% | – | 47.1% | † | 6.6% | – | – | – | 18.2%† | – | – | – | – | 23.1% | |
| ED: 547 | 5–45+ years | 1.6% | 14.6% | 2.9% | 17.2% | † | 6.9% | – | 8.4% | – | 36.4%† | – | – | – | – | 11.9% | ||
| King, 201817 | 3087** | 0–85+ years | 1.7% | – | – | 30.9% | – | – | – | 1.9% | 64.1% | – | - | – | 0.5% | – | – | 0.9% |
| Walker, 201019 | HA: 498 | 2–80 years | 5.0%‡ | – | – | 43.8% | 6.2% | 3.6% | – | 2.4% | – | – | 15.2% | 5.4% | – | – | – | 18.1% |
| Upadhyay, 200018 | 60 | 9–13 years | 13.3% | – | – | 43.3% | – | – | 13.3% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 30.1% | |
| Finch, 199820 | 2345 | <15 years | – | – | – | 17.8% | – | – | – | 17.8% | – | 12.4%§ | 30.2% | – | – | 2.9% | 11.4% | |
| 3846 | ≥15 years | – | – | – | 20.7% | – | – | – | 11.2% | – | 26.0%§ | 19.6% | – | – | 1.2% | 11.5% | ||
| Forward, 198821 | 65 | 19–34 years | 1.5% | – | 9.2% | 33.8%¶ | 10.8% | – | – | 6.2% | – | 15.4% | – | 6.2% | – | – | 6.2% | 10.7% |
*Includes pain and swelling.
†Dislocation, sprain and strain were combined.
‡Includes 2.2% seizures.
§Sprain and strain combined.
¶Includes bruised ribs as three cases were classifiedas bruised or fractured.
**Insurance claims.
ED, emergency department presentations; HA, hospital admission; NR, not reported.