Table 1.
Characteristics of all floorball injuries
| Intervention group | Control group | |||||
| Total (n=197) | Acute (n=52) | Overuse (n=145) | Total (n=152) | Acute (n=47) | Overuse (n=105) | |
| Time loss, n (%) | 79 (40) | 28 (54) | 51 (35) | 64 (42) | 25 (53) | 39 (37) |
| Medical attention, n (%) | 43 (22) | 14 (27) | 29 (20) | 23 (15) | 6 (13) | 17 (16) |
| New injury, n (%) | 87 (44) | 40 (77) | 47 (32) | 62 (41) | 27 (57) | 35 (33) |
| Reinjury, n (%) | 110 (56) | 12 (23) | 98 (68) | 90 (59) | 20 (43) | 70 (67) |
| Injury type, n (%) | ||||||
| Fractures | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | ||||
| Joint and ligament | 15 (29) | 17 (36) | ||||
| Muscle and tendon | 15 (29) | 12 (26) | ||||
| Contusions | 16 (31) | 15 (32) | ||||
| Lacerations and skin | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||||
| CNS and PNS | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||||
| Other | 150 (77) | 5 (10) | 145 (100) | 108 (71) | 3 (6) | 105 (100) |
| Injury location, n (%)* | ||||||
| Lower limbs | 155 (78) | 40 (77) | 115 (79) | 126 (83) | 40 (85) | 86 (82) |
| Hip/groin | 13 (7) | 6 (12) | 7 (5) | 7 (4) | 5 (11) | 2 (2) |
| Thigh | 15 (8) | 11 (21) | 4 (3) | 12 (8) | 7 (15) | 5 (5) |
| Knee | 87 (44) | 9 (17) | 78 (54) | 57 (38) | 7 (15) | 50 (48) |
| Lower leg/Achilles tendon | 13 (7) | 3 (6) | 10 (7) | 16 (11) | 7 (15) | 9 (9) |
| Ankle | 10 (5) | 8 (15) | 2 (1) | 18 (12) | 12 (26) | 6 (6) |
| Foot/toe | 17 (9) | 3 (6) | 14 (10) | 16 (10) | 2 (4) | 14 (13) |
| Trunk | 16 (8) | 5 (10) | 11 (8) | 9 (6) | 4 (9) | 5 (5) |
| Upper limbs | 12 (6) | 4 (8) | 8 (6) | 10 (7) | 3 (6) | 7 (7) |
| Head and neck | 6 (3) | 3 (6) | 3 (2) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) |
| Other | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 2 (2) |
*Injury location missing for seven injuries in the intervention group and four in the control group.
CNS, central nervous system; PNS, peripheral nervous system.