Examples: classification of contact as a mechanism for sudden-onset injury (adapted from Verhagen et al 17)
| Injury | Type of contact | Para translation | |
| Non-contact | None | No evidence of disruption or perturbation | A wheelchair sprinter experiences sudden pain in the shoulder during a race. |
| Contact | Indirect | With another athlete | An outfield football 5-a-side player (football played by athletes with vision impairment who have very low visual acuity and/or no light perception) trips over another player’s leg, causing a lateral ankle ligament sprain. |
| Indirect | With a fixed object | A Para snowboarder loses control and accidently hits a gate which causes him to tumble and sprain his wrist. | |
| Indirect | With a moving object | A wheelchair basketball player is hit on the head by a ball, causing her to lose balance and fall, spraining her wrist. | |
| Contact | Direct | With another athlete | A vision impaired player sustains a concussion from a collision with another player in a football 5-a-side game. |
| Direct | With a fixed object | A Para ice hockey player is checked into the boards and dislocates his shoulder. | |
| Direct | With a moving object | A sitting volleyball player is hit on the head by a spiked ball and sustains a concussion. | |