Nature of injuries sustained during training and competition
| Nature of injury | All injuries | Competition injuries | Training injuries | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | % | No | % | No | % | |
| Muscular strain | 1141 | 31 | 558 | 29 | 583 | 33 |
| Ligamentous sprain | 748 | 20 | 389 | 21 | 359 | 20 |
| Muscular contusion | 299 | 8 | 211 | 11 | 88 | 5 |
| Tissue bruising | 261 | 7 | 163 | 9 | 98 | 6 |
| Tendinitis | 162 | 5 | 73 | 4 | 89 | 5 |
| Fracture | 145 | 4 | 77 | 4 | 68 | 4 |
| Low back pain | 117 | 3 | 51 | 3 | 66 | 4 |
| Osgood-Schlatter’s | 112 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 84 | 4 |
| Periosteitis | 79 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 43 | 2 |
| Inflammatory synovitis | 71 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 41 | 2 |
| Sever’s disease | 57 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 39 | 2 |
| Meniscal tear | 48 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 20 | 1 |
| Capsular tear | 32 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
| Cut | 31 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Other overuse | 23 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Dislocation | 21 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| Ligament rupture | 19 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Groin/abdominal hernia | 17 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Other diagnosis | 305 | 6 | 152 | 6 | 153 | 9 |
| Total | 3688 | 100 | 1899 | 100 | 1789 | 100 |