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. 2021 Mar 11;27(5):490–499. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2020-044085

Table 3.

Key findings of selected literature: injury type and severity

Study Type of injury Injury severity
Superficial soft tissue injury (%) Fracture or dislocation (%) Head injury (%) Internal injury (%) ISS Other
Peer-reviewed publications
Trivedi et al 201916 56 36 40 1 Urgent * 33%
Störmann et al 202015 58 42 17
Mitchell et al 201913 60 24 15
Liew et al 202028 72 33 Median 1
Range 1–5
Kobayashi et al 201912 NR 42 19 Median 5.5
IQR 5–9
Brownson et al 201911 66 42 17 Median 4
Range 1–29
Blomberg et al 20194 31 12 22 Urgent* 7%
Beck et al 2019 46 32 26 Urgent* 17%
Bauer et al 202010 54 33 17 Mean 6.3
SD 6.0
Puzio et al 202014 34 24 17 Median 1
Badeau et al 201932 74 36 20
Namiri et al 20203 37 27 32
Aizpuru et al 20199 31 26 28
Dhillon et al 202027 55 23 Mean 7.2
Median 5
IQR 2–10
English et al 202018 65 33 18 1 Median 5
IQR 4–9
Farley et al 202047 15 27
Bresler et al 201923 32 5 36
Yarmohammadi et al 2020 †20 94 21
Faraji et al 202021 65 27
Trivedi et al 201922 42 Severe‡ 58%
Hennocq et al 202024 62 47
Kim et al 202025 44 9 30
Oksanen et al 202026 91 65 22
Shiffler et al 202019 20 23
Siow et al 2020 §29 NR 49 Mean 8.4
Median 5.0
Ishmael et al 2020 §33 NR 93
Nellamattathil and Amber 202031 NR 26
Mayhew and Bergin 201930 NR 57 24
Grey literature (non-journal reports)
Pearson et al 201935
Hojjat et al 201936
Beck et al 202037 32 26
Chang and Diamond 201938
Allen et al 201939
Sedor and Caswell 201940
Austin Public Health Unit 201917 35 15
City of Santa Monica 2019 Minor injuries in 80%
Cicchino et al 202034 53 7 Max. AIS≤2 in 98%

*Urgent defined as Canadian Triage Acuity Score of 1 (resuscitation), 2 (emergent) or 3 (urgent).

†Reported for patients with facial injuries.

‡Severe defined as fracture, concussion or intracranial haematoma.

§Reported for patients with orthopaedic injuries.

AIS, Abbreviated Injury Scale; ISS, Injury Severity Score.