Incidence (injuries/1000 player hours) of most common training injuries (three most common injuries on artificial turf and grass for male and female players are identified by 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 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.21(2 = ) | 0.13 |
Epistaxis | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.00 |
Upper limbs | ||||
Acromioclavicular sprain | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
Wrist contusion | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Ulnar collateral ligament tear | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.00 |
Lower limbs | ||||
Ankle lateral ligament complex tear | 0.50(1) | 0.34(1) | 0.34(1) | 0.32(1) |
Quadriceps tear | 0.32(2) | 0.17 | 0.13 | 0.31(2) |
Adductor (groin) tear | 0.25(3) | 0.22(3) | 0.11 | 0.16 |
Medial collateral ligament tear | 0.19 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.07 |
Foot/toe contusion | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.05 |
Hamstring tear | 0.14 | 0.23(2) | 0.21(2 = ) | 0.18(3) |
Medial (deltoid) ligament tear | 0.14 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Iliopsoas/sartorius tear | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.08 |
Medial meniscus tear | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
Medial tibial stress syndrome | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
Quadriceps contusion | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.02 |
Anterior cruciate ligament tear | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.09 |