Nature of injuries sustained during competition and training
| All injuries | Competition injuries | Training injuries | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nature of injury | No | % | No | % | No | % |
| *Percentage totals may be subject to rounding errors associated with individual components. | ||||||
| †p<0.01 Different proportions between training and competition. | ||||||
| ‡p<0.05 Different proportions between training and competition. | ||||||
| Muscular strain/rupture | 2225 | 37 | 1322 | 35 | 859† | 42 |
| Ligamentous sprain/rupture | 1153 | 19 | 765 | 20 | 370 | 18 |
| Muscular contusion | 431 | 7 | 343 | 9 | 79† | 4 |
| Tissue bruising | 336 | 6 | 263 | 7 | 64† | 3 |
| Fracture | 253 | 4 | 186 | 5 | 61† | 3 |
| Other | 238 | 4 | 123 | 3 | 95† | 5 |
| Tendinitis | 237 | 4 | 107 | 3 | 110† | 5 |
| Inflammatory synovitis | 192 | 3 | 114 | 3 | 73 | 4 |
| Meniscal tear | 148 | 2 | 80 | 2 | 63‡ | 3 |
| Hernia | 120 | 2 | 56 | 1 | 40 | 2 |
| Overuse | 108 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 44† | 2 |
| Dislocation | 81 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 28 | 1 |
| Periostitis | 75 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| Cut | 73 | 1 | 2 | 60 | 13† | 1 |
| Chondral lesion | 69 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 24 | 1 |
| Capsular tear | 54 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 6† | 0 |
| Paratendinitis | 46 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 27† | 1 |
| Bursitis | 29 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 18† | 1 |
| Blister | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Skin abrasion | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Not classified | 153 | 3 | 96 | 3 | 44 | 2 |
| Total* | 6030 | 101 | 3780 | 98 | 2046 | 99 |