Table 5.  Injury location, types and severity in a Spanish sub-elite team.
   

Slight

Minor

Moderate

Major

Total Injuries

Absence (matches)

Location

Head/face/neck

1 (1)

0 (0)

2 (3)

0 (0)

3 (1)

3 (1)

Back/trunk

17 (11)

5 (7)

2 (3)

0 (0)

24 (8)

7 (3)

Hip/Groin

32 (20)

8 (11)

8 (11)

4 (33)

52 (17)

48 (20)

Thigh

57 (36)

23 (33)

31 (44)

0 (0)

111 (35)

71 (29)

Knee

14 (9)

10 (14)

6 (8)

2 (17)

32 (10)

26 (11)

Lower leg

13 (8)

7 (10)

5 (7)

1 (8)

26 (8)

24 (10)

Ankle

11 (7)

15 (21)

14 (20)

4 (33)

44 (14)

46 (19)

Foot

12 (8)

1 (1)

1 (1)

1 (8)

15 (5)

17 (7)

Upper extremity

3 (2)

1 (1)

2 (3)

0 (0)

6 (2)

4 (2)

Total

160 (100)

70 (100)

71 (100)

12 (100)

313 (100)

246 (100)

Type

Sprain

12 (8)

16 (23)

19 (27)

5 (42)

52 (17)

58 (24)

Strain

7 (4)

13 (19)

40 (56)

2 (17)

62 (20)

107 (43)

Contusion

52 (33)

12 (17)

3 (4)

0 (0)

67 (21)

8 (3)

Fracture

0 (0)

0 (0)

3 (4)

1 (8)

4 (1)

20 (8)

Dislocation

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (8)

1 (0)

9 (4)

Other

1 (1)

1 (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (1)

1 (0)

Overuse

88 (55)

28 (40)

6 (8)

3 (25)

125 (40)

43 (17)

 

Total

160 (100)

70 (100)

71 (100)

12 (100)

313 (100)

246 (100)

Values in parentheses are percentages. Aproximation of the percentages has been made to equal 100%.