Table 2

Most common injuries in Argentine rugby

Injury		Total	%
The top nine causes of injury were statistically different on a contingency table with nine degrees of freedom (χ² = 706.49; p<0.0001). LOC, loss of consciousness. *Without neurological injury.
1	Pulled muscle of lower limbs	108	11.7
2	Ankle ligament distension	106	11.5
3	Closed head trauma without LOC	81	8.8
4	Knee trauma	81	8.8
5	Bleeding wound on face	79	8.5
6	Knee ligament distension	49	5.3
7	Cut on head	44	4.8
8	Muscular or ligament injury of the shoulder	43	4.6
9	Muscular or ligament injury of the cervical column*	34	3.7
10	Epistaxis	24	2.6
11	Face trauma	24	2.6
12	Rib trauma	21	2.3
13	Lower limb trauma	19	2.1
14	Nose trauma without epistaxis	18	2.0
15	Acromioclavicular joint (sub)luxation	15	1.6
16	Lumbar spine concussion	17	1.8
17	Shoulder luxation	14	1.5
18	Thoracic trauma	10	1.1
19	Bleeding wound in lower limbs	9	1.0
20	Elbow trauma	9	1.0
21	Clavicle trauma	8	0.9
22	Closed head trauma with LOC	8	0.9
23	Other	103	11.1