Table 5.
Injured body parts according to the cause and location of the injury.
| Injury Type | No. (% of Athletes) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Injured Body Part (# Causes) |
Female | Injured Body Part (# Causes) |
Total | Injured Body Part (# Causes) |
|
| Contusion/ hematoma/ bruise |
22(4.4) | face/head (9C), foot/toe (5C), lower leg (3C), ankle (2NC, 1C), finger (1C), knee (1C) |
15 (3.8) | face/head (5C), knee (3C), lower leg (2C, 1NC), hand (2C), neck (1C), foot/toe (1C) |
37 (4.2) | face/head (14C), lower leg (5C, 1NC), foot/toe (6C), knee (4C), ankle (2NC, 1C), hand (2C), neck (1C), finger (1C) |
| Ligamentous rupture/sprain | 4 (0.8) | knee (2NC, 1C), finger (1C) |
3 (0.8) | finger (2C), knee (1NC) |
7 (0.8) | knee (3NC, 1C), finger (3C) |
| Laceration/ abrasion/ skin lesion |
2 (0.4) | face/head (1C), lower leg (1O) |
4 (1.0) | foot/toe (2C), lower leg (1C), ankle (1C) |
6 (0.7) | foot/toe (2C), lower leg (1C,1O), face/head (1C), ankle (1C) |
| Fracture | 5 (1.0) | hand (2C), foot/toe (2C), finger (1C) |
0 | 5 (0.6) | hand (2C), foot/toe (2C), finger (1C) |
|
| Concussion | 2 (0.4) | face/head (2C) | 1 (0.3) | face/head (1C) | 3 (0.3) | face/head (3C) |
| Muscle-tendon rupture/strain/tendinosis | 1 (0.2) | ankle (1NC) | 1 (0.3) | knee (1NC) | 2 (3.0) | ankle (1NC), knee (1NC) |
| Dislocation/ subluxation |
1 (0.2) | finger (1O) | 1 (0.3) | shoulder (1NC) | 2 (0.2) | finger (1O), shoulder (1NC) |
| Other bone injuries | 1 (0.2) | foot (1O) | 1 (0.3) | lower leg (1R) | 2 (0.2) | foot (1O), lower leg (1R) |
| Other | 2 (0.4) | lumbar (1E), groin (1R) |
1 (0.3) | knee (1O) | 3 (0.3) | lumbar (1E), groin (1R), knee (1O) |
| Total | 40 (8.1) | 27 (6.9) | 67 (7.5) | |||
Note: Data are provided as numbers (% of athletes). C: contact, NC: non-contact, O: overuse, E: equipment failure, R: recurrence of previous injury.