All injuries | Training injuries | Match injuries | p Value | |
No. of injuries | 224 | 45 | 179 | |
Injury severity | ||||
Slight injuries | 13/224 (6%) | 4/45 (9%) | 9/179 (5%) | 0.53 |
Minimal injuries | 113/224 (50%) | 21/45 (47%) | 92/179 (51%) | 0.69 |
Mild injuries | 23/224 (10%) | 6/45 (13%) | 17/179 (9%) | 0.63 |
Moderate injuries | 41/224 (18%) | 8/45 (18%) | 33/179 (18%) | 0.91 |
Severe injuries | 34/224 (15%) | 6/45 (13%) | 28/179 (16%) | 0.88 |
Injury type | ||||
Fracture | 8/224 (4%) | 2/45 (4%) | 6/179 (3%) | 0.92 |
Bone stress | 1/224 (<1%) | 1/45 (2%) | 0 | 0.45 |
Dislocation/subluxation | 5/224 (2%) | 1/45 (2%) | 4/179 (2%) | 0.58 |
Ligament sprain | 55/224 (25%) | 9/45 (20%) | 46/179 (26%) | 0.55 |
Meniscus/cartilage | 3/224 (1%) | 2/45 (4%) | 1/179 (<1%) | 0.19 |
Muscle strain/rupture | 60/224 (27%) | 17/45 (38%) | 43/179 (24%) | 0.094 |
Tendon strain/tendinopathy | 15/224 (7%) | 8/45 (18%) | 7/179 (4%) | 0.003 |
Haematoma/contusion | 58/224 (26%) | 2/45 (4%) | 56/179 (31%) | 0.001 |
Laceration | 4/224 (2%) | 0 | 4/179 (2%) | 0.70 |
Concussion | 7/224 (3%) | 0 | 7/179 (4%) | 0.38 |
Other type | 8/224 (4%) | 3/45 (7%) | 5/179 (3%) | 0.42 |
Injury location | ||||
Head/neck | 15/224 (7%) | 1//45 (2%) | 14/179 (8%) | 0.31 |
Upper extremity | 13/224 (6%) | 2/45 (4%) | 11/179 (6%) | 0.94 |
Low back/pelvis/trunk | 10/224 (5%) | 0 | 10/179 (6%) | 0.22 |
Hip/groin | 28/224 (13%) | 9/45 (20%) | 19/179 (11%) | 0.15 |
Thigh | 48/224 (21%) | 13/45 (29%) | 35/179 (20%) | 0.25 |
Knee | 35/224 (16%) | 7/45 (16%) | 28/179 (16%) | 0.83 |
Lower leg | 24/224 (11%) | 6/45 (13%) | 18/179 (10%) | 0.71 |
Ankle | 43/224 (19%) | 7/45 (16%) | 36/179 (20%) | 0.63 |
Foot | 8/224 (4%) | 0 | 8/179 (5%) | 0.32 |
Re-injury | 20/224 (9%) | 9/45 (20%) | 11/179 (6%) | 0.009 |
Traumatic injuries | 170/224 (76%) | 21/45 (47%) | 149/179 (83%) | <0.001 |
Overuse injuries* | 54/224 (24%) | 24/45 (53%) | 30/179 (17%) | <0.001 |
Traumatic injury circumstance | ||||
Player contact | 121/170 (71%) | 10/21 (48%) | 112/149 (75%) | 0.018 |
Object contact | 4/170 (2%) | 2/21 (10%) | 2/149 (1%) | 0.12 |
Non-contact | 45/170 (26%) | 9/21 (43%) | 35/149 (23%) | 0.10 |
*Overuse injuries were categorised as being a training or match injury depending on the session when symptoms developed or aggravated, thus leading to the player interrupting that session or missing a subsequent session.