Details of injury mechanism according to a predetermined checklist (N=134)
| Variables | Results |
| Weather conditions | |
| Precipitations | Yes (n=6) |
| No (n=128) | |
| Sunny weather | Yes (n=51) |
| No (n=34) | |
| Night (n=49) | |
| Playing phase before injury | Defensive (n=91) |
| Offensive (n=43) | |
| Field location at injury | |
| Long axis of the field | Defensive third (n=50) |
| Mid-field third (n=45) | |
| Offensive third (n=39) | |
| Short axis of the field | Left side corridor (n=33) |
| Middle corridor (n=67) | |
| Right side corridor (n=34) | |
| Player contact preceding injury | Yes (n=56) |
| No (n=78) | |
| If contact, where? | Upper body (n=41) |
| Pelvis (n=6) | |
| Injured leg (n=2) | |
| Uninjured leg (n=7) | |
| Player contact at IF | Direct contact (n=16) |
| Indirect contact (n=31) | |
| Non-contact (n=87) | |
| If indirect contact at IF, where? | Upper body (n=20) |
| Pelvis (n=6) | |
| Injured leg (ankle) (n=1) | |
| Uninjured leg (n=4) | |
| Injury classification | Direct contact (n=16) |
| Indirect contact (n=59) | |
| Non-contact (n=59) | |
| How many feet on the ground | One (n=94) |
| Two (n=29) | |
| Unsure (n=10) | |
| Leg loading at IF | Injured leg (n=121) |
| Uninjured leg (n=2) | |
| Unsure (n=10) | |
| Horizontal speed | Zero (n=6) |
| Low (n=49) | |
| High (n=78) | |
| Vertical speed | Zero (n=75) |
| Low (n=49) | |
| High (n=9) |
IF, injury frame.