Body site | Men | Women | ||||||
Rate (n) | Severity (%) | Rate (n) | Severity (%) | |||||
NTO | Minor | Major | NTO | Minor | Major | |||
Head/face | 4.58 (85) | 8 | 32 | 60 | 3.49 (55) | 5 | 35 | 60 |
Eye | 0.43 (8) | 25 | 38 | 38 | 0.19 (3) | 0 | 67 | 33 |
Neck | 0.43 (8) | 0 | 88 | 12 | 0.51 (8) | 0 | 25 | 75 |
Clavicle/sternum | 0.22 (4) | 0 | 50 | 50 | 0.44 (7) | 0 | 29 | 71 |
Shoulder | 2.16 (40) | 0 | 33 | 67 | 1.52 (24) | 12 | 46 | 42 |
Arm/elbow | 0.97 (18) | 28 | 33 | 39 | 0.70 (11) | 9 | 46 | 46 |
Wrist | 0.16 (3) | 0 | 33 | 67 | 0.32 (5) | 0 | 60 | 40 |
Hand | 0.97 (18) | 17 | 44 | 39 | 1.58 (25) | 8 | 64 | 28 |
Ribs | 0.59 (11) | 0 | 64 | 36 | 0.44 (7) | 0 | 43 | 57 |
Back | 0.38 (7) | 0 | 57 | 43 | 0.51 (8) | 0 | 37 | 63 |
Pelvis, hips, groin | 0.49 (9) | 0 | 22 | 78 | 0.32 (5) | 0 | 80 | 20 |
Buttocks, upper leg | 0.81 (15) | 13 | 40 | 47 | 0.51 (8) | 0 | 50 | 50 |
Knee | 2.16 (40) | 2 | 30 | 68 | 2.53 (40) | 5 | 32 | 63 |
Lower leg | 0.38 (7) | 0 | 29 | 71 | 1.27 (20) | 0 | 50 | 50 |
Ankle | 1.89 (35) | 0 | 37 | 63 | 2.28 (36) | 0 | 47 | 53 |
Foot, Achilles | 0.27 (5) | 0 | 80 | 20 | 0.44 (7) | 0 | 86 | 14 |
Total | 16.88 (313) | 6 | 38 | 56 | 17.05 (269) | 4 | 45 | 51 |
NTO, no time off.
Exposures: 18ā544 player game hours for men and 15ā780 player game hours for women. Lower leg pā=ā0.006; injury rates for all other body parts p>0.10.
A significant difference was found for major shoulder injury rates between the sexes, and is illustrated in fig 4.