Body location for the main (worst) preparticipation injury complaint and body location for the first in-championship injury
| Preparticipation injury complaints | In-championship injuries | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body location | Total, n (%) | Female, n (%) | Male, n (%) | Total, n (%) | Female, n (%) | Male, n (%) |
| Total | 194 | 92 | 102 | 48 | 18 | 30 |
| Face/head | 10 (5.1) | 3 (3.2) | 7 (6.8) | 0 (0.0 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Neck/spine | 23 (11.9) | 7 (7.6) | 16 (15.7) | 1 (2.1) | 1 (5.6) | 0 (0.0) |
| Trunk (except spine) | 18 (9.2) | 10 (10.9) | 8 (7.8) | 2 (4.2) | 1 (5.6) | 1 (3.3) |
| Shoulder | 3 (1.5) | 2 (2.2) | 1 (1.0) | 1 (2.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.3) |
| Arm/hand except shoulder | 4 (2.0) | 3 (3.3) | 1 (1.0) | 3 (6.3) | 2 (11.1) | 1 (3.3) |
| Hip/groin | 21 (10.8) | 10 (10.9) | 11 (10.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Thigh | 32 (16.5) | 15 (16.3) | 17 (16.7) | 17 (35.4) | 6 (33.3) | 11 (36.7) |
| Knee | 24 (12.4) | 10 (10.9) | 14 (13.7) | 3 (6.3) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (10.0) |
| Lower leg | 24 (12.4) | 14 (15.2) | 10 (9.8) | 9 (18.8) | 3 (16.7) | 6 (20.0) |
| Achilles tendon | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (8.3) | 1 (5.6) | 3 (10.0) |
| Ankle | 19 (9.8) | 10 (10.9) | 9 (8.8) | 1 (2.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.3) |
| Foot | 16 (8.4) | 8 (8.7) | 8 (7.8) | 7 (14.6) | 4 (22.2) | 3 (10.0) |
One preparticipation injury complaint and one in-championship injury was counted per athlete. Information was missing for 10 preparticipation injury complaints (6 females and 4 males) and for 1 in-championship injury (1 male). These complaints were excluded from the calculations. The mean severity scores (SD) were 6.0 (3.5) for preparticipation thigh complaints, 4.9 (4.3) for preparticipation knee complaints, 4.7 (3.4) for preparticipation lower leg complaints, 5.2 (3.9) for preparticipation neck/spine complaints, 5.9 (4.6) for preparticipation hip/groin complaints and 5.9 (3.0) for preparticipation ankle complaints.