Anthropometric data and exposure of players who sustained an injury compared with uninjured players, with injuries separated into overuse, contact, and non-contact
| Overuse | Contact | Non-contact | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Injured (n = 22) | Uninjured (n = 121) | p Value | Injured (n = 63) | Uninjured (n = 80) | p Value | Injured (n = 56) | Uninjured (n = 87) | p Value | |
| Values are mean (SD). Significant p values are in bold. | |||||||||
| *Because training exposure was very high in relation to match exposure in some players, training to match ratio was not normally distributed, and therefore median and upper and lower quartiles are given. Statistical comparison between the injured and uninjured groups was performed by the Mann-Whitney U test. | |||||||||
| BMI, Body mass index. | |||||||||
| Age (years) | 22.6 (4.5) | 22.3 (5.1) | 0.77 | 23.2 (5.4) | 21.7 (4.5) | 0.08 | 21.9 (4.0) | 22.7 (5.5) | 0.35 |
| Weight (kg) | 62.4 (5.4) | 61.2 (6.3) | 0.38 | 61.1 (5.6) | 61.5 (6.6) | 0.71 | 62.6 (6.7) | 60.5 (5.6) | 0.05 |
| Height (cm) | 170 (6) | 169 (6) | 0.56 | 169 (6) | 169 (5) | 0.98 | 170 (6) | 169 (5) | 0.17 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 21.6 (1.2) | 21.3 (1.4) | 0.41 | 21.3 (1.2) | 21.4 (1.5) | 0.64 | 21.6 (1.3) | 21.2 (1.4) | 0.13 |
| Games last season | 24 (11) | 22 (11) | 0.42 | 23 (10) | 25 (12) | 0.36 | 27 (12) | 22 (10) | 0.02 |
| Training time (hours) | 173 (84) | 185 (69) | 0.45 | 187 (72) | 181 (72) | 0.61 | 164 (72) | 196 (69) | 0.01 |
| Match time (hours) | 29 (14) | 31 (15) | 0.67 | 31 (14) | 30 (15) | 0.77 | 30 (15) | 31 (15) | 0.60 |
| Exposure time (hours) | 202 (88) | 216 (75) | 0.43 | 218 (75) | 211 (79) | 0.59 | 194 (79) | 226 (73) | 0.01 |
| Training/match ratio* | 4.7 (3.8–9.3) | 5.8 (4.0–8.3) | 0.44 | 5.5 (4.3–7.3) | 6.0 (3.9–9.0) | 0.79 | 5.0 (3.8–7.8) | 6.1 (4.3–9.7) | 0.13 |