Incidence (injuries/1000 player hours) of the most common match injuries (three most common injuries on artificial turf and grass for male and female players are identified as superscripts)
Injury (main body region and diagnosis) | Incidence of injury (injuries/1000 player hours) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Male players | Female players | |||
Artificial turf | Grass | Artificial turf | Grass | |
Head/neck | ||||
Concussion | 2.36(3) | 1.37(3) | 2.00(1) | 2.17(2) |
Scalp laceration | 0.69 | 0.22 | 0.00 | 0.03 |
Facial laceration | 0.56 | 0.22 | 0.29 | 0.13 |
Nasal fracture | 0.28 | 0.22 | 0.00 | 0.30 |
Upper limbs | ||||
Acromioclavicular sprain | 0.42 | 0.18 | 0.14 | 0.08 |
Ulnar fracture | 0.28 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Wrist sprain | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.43 | 0.08 |
Lower limbs | ||||
Ankle lateral ligament complex tear | 3.20(1) | 2.52(1) | 1.57(2) | 2.42(1) |
Hamstring tear | 2.64(2) | 1.84(2) | 0.57 | 0.78 |
Foot/toe contusion | 1.53 | 1.11 | 0.57 | 0.54 |
Quadriceps contusion | 1.11 | 1.22 | 1.00 | 0.81 |
Knee contusion | 0.83 | 0.79 | 0.57 | 0.56 |
Lower leg contusion | 0.69 | 1.01 | 0.29 | 1.15 |
Medial (deltoid) ligament tear | 0.69 | 0.61 | 0.14 | 0.35 |
Quadriceps tear | 0.56 | 0.54 | 0.86 | 0.48 |
Iliopsoas/sartorius tear | 0.56 | 0.43 | 0.14 | 0.16 |
Lateral meniscal tear | 0.56 | 0.14 | 0.57 | 0.27 |
Anterior cruciate ligament tear | 0.42 | 0.47 | 1.29(3) | 1.64(3) |
Medial collateral ligament tear | 0.42 | 0.90 | 0.57 | 0.81 |
Ankle contusion | 0.28 | 0.68 | 0.86 | 0.46 |
Adductor (groin) tear | 0.28 | 1.26 | 0.43 | 0.27 |