Table 2.

Indirect contact and non-contact injuries’ patterns of Achilles tendon ruptures (n=60)

Pattern	Playing phase	Injury mechanism	Horizontal velocity	Vertical velocity
Forward acceleration from standing (n=25, 42%)	16 (64%) Offensive	25 (100%) Non-contact	20 (80%) Zero	20 (80%) Zero
	9 (36%) Defensive		5 (20%) Low	3 (12%) Low
			0 (0%) Moderate	2 (8%) Moderate
			0 (0%) High	0 (0%) High
Cross-over cutting (n=15, 25%)	11 (73%) Offensive	14 (93%) Non-contact	0 (0%) Zero	15 (100%) 0
	4 (27%) Defensive	1 (7%) Indirect contact	0 (0%) Low	0 (0%) Low
			0 (0%) Moderate	0 (0%) Moderate
			15 (100%) High	0 (0%) High
Vertical jumping (n=11, 18%)	3 (27%) Offensive	6 (55%) Non-contact	5 (45%) Zero	0 (0%) Zero
	8 (73%) Defensive	5 (45%) Indirect contact	6 (55%) Low	4 (36%) Low
			0 (0%) Moderate	6 (55%) Moderate
			0 (0%) High	1 (9%) High
Others (n=9, 15%)	3 (33%) Offensive	6 (66%) Non-contact	3 (33%) Zero	5 (55%) Zero
Landing (n=4)	6 (66%) Defensive	3 (33%) Indirect contact	1 (11%) Low	0 (0%) Low
Sidestep (n=4)			2 (22%) Moderate	1 (11%) Moderate
Stretching (n=1)			3 (33%) High	3 (33%) High