Table 3.
Injury severity, cause, and onset in men’s senior and youth groups (injury number and proportion (%)
| Both groups | Senior | Youth | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All injuries | Match injuries | Training injuries | All injuries | Match injuries | Training injuries | All injuries | Match injuries | Training injuries | |
| Severity | (n = 525) | (n = 307) | (n = 218) | (n = 215) | (n = 126) | (n = 89) | (n = 310) | (n = 181) | (n = 129) |
| Minor | 314 (60%) | 184 (60%) | 130 (60%) | 130 (60%) | 75 (60%) | 55 (62%) | 184 (59%) | 109 (60%) | 75 (58%) |
| Moderate | 144 (27%) | 84 (27%) | 60 (28%) | 57 (27%) | 32 (25%) | 25 (28%) | 87 (28%) | 52 (29%) | 35 (27%) |
| Severe | 53 (10%) | 30 (10%) | 23 (11%) | 26 (12%) | 17 (13%) | 9 (10%) | 27 (9%) | 13 (7%) | 14 (11%) |
| Major | 14 (3%) | 9 (3%) | 5 (2%) | 2 (1%) | 2 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 12 (4%) | 7 (4%) | 5 (4%) |
| Cause | (n = 371) | (n = 225) | (n = 146) | (n = 156) | (n = 96) | (n = 60) | (n = 215) | (n = 129) | (n = 86) |
| Contact | 215 (58%) | 150 (67%)c | 65 (45%) | 84 (54%) | 60 (63%) | 24 (40%) | 131 (61%)a | 90 (70%) | 41 (48%)a |
| Non-contact | 118 (32%) | 56 (25%) | 62 (42%)d | 63 (40%)b | 29 (30%) | 34 (57%)b | 55 (26%) | 27 (21%) | 28 (33%) |
| Cumulative | 38 (10%) | 19 (8%) | 19 (13%)d | 9 (6%) | 7 (7%) | 2 (3%) | 29 (13%)a | 12 (9%) | 17 (20%)a |
| Onset | (n = 462) | (n = 276) | (n = 186) | (n = 187) | (n = 114) | (n = 73) | (n = 275) | (n = 162) | (n = 113) |
| Acute | 352 (76%) | 218 (79%) | 134 (72%) | 150 (80%) | 93 (82%) | 57 (78%) | 202 (73%) | 125 (77%) | 77 (68%) |
| Gradual | 110 (24%) | 58 (21%) | 52 (28%) | 37 (20%) | 21 (18%) | 16 (22%) | 73 (27%) | 37 (23%) | 36 (32%) |
NB. The n represents the number of injuries for which the severity, cause, and onset were known in each category (10 injuries had an unknown severity, 164 injuries had an unknown cause, and 73 injuries had an unknown onset)
aGreater proportion in youth compared to senior
bGreater proportion in senior compared to youth
cGreater proportion in match-play compared to training
dGreater proportion in training compared to match-play (all P < 0.05)