Table 2 Injuries by type and severity
From: Injuries in professional male football players in Kosovo: a descriptive epidemiological study
Injury type | 1–3 days | 4–7 days | 8–28 days | >28 days | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Muscle injury/strain | 15 | (5.5 %) | 20 | (7.4 %) | 20 | (7.4 %) | 10 | (3.7 %) | 65 | (23.9 %) |
Sprain/ligament injury | - | (0.0 %) | 29 | (10.7 %) | 28 | (10.3 %) | - | (0.0 %) | 57 | (21.0 %) |
Contusion | - | (0.0 %) | 24 | (8.8 %) | 20 | (7.4 %) | 1 | (0.4 %) | 45 | (16.5 %) |
Meniscus/cartilage | - | (0.0 %) | - | (0.0 %) | 18 | (6.6 %) | 4 | (1.5 %) | 22 | (8.1 %) |
Abrasion | 17 | (6.3 %) | 3 | (1.1 %) | - | (0.0 %) | - | (0.0 %) | 20 | (7.4 %) |
Dis- or subluxation | - | (0.0 %) | - | (0.0 %) | 9 | (3.3 %) | 8 | (2.9 %) | 17 | (6.3 %) |
Tendon injury | - | (0.0 %) | 6 | (2.2 %) | 7 | (2.6 %) | - | (0.0 %) | 13 | (4.8 %) |
Bruise | 10 | (3.7 %) | 3 | (1.1 %) | - | (0.0 %) | - | (0.0 %) | 13 | (4.8 %) |
Fracture | 1 | (0.4 %) | - | (0.0 %) | 2 | (0.7 %) | 4 | (1.5 %) | 7 | (2.6 %) |
Laceration | - | (0.0 %) | 4 | (1.5 %) | 3 | (1.1 %) | - | (0.0 %) | 7 | (2.6 %) |
Concussion | - | (0.0 %) | 4 | (1.5 %) | - | (0.0 %) | - | (0.0 %) | 4 | (1.5 %) |
Other bone injury | - | (0.0 %) | - | (0.0 %) | 1 | (0.4 %) | - | (0.0 %) | 1 | (0.4 %) |
Dental injury | 1 | (0.4 %) | - | (0.0 %) | - | (0.0 %) | - | (0.0 %) | 1 | (0.4 %) |
Nerve injury | - | (0.0 %) | - | (0.0 %) | - | (0.0 %) | - | (0.0 %) | - | (0.0 %) |
Total | 44 | (16.2 %) | 93 | (34.2 %) | 108 | (39.7 %) | 27 | (9.9 %) | 272 | (100.0 %) |