Table 2 Injury counts, by body part and diagnosis, in youth boys’ lacrosse, overall and by division, 2015 season
From: The epidemiology of boys’ youth lacrosse injuries in the 2015 season
Overall | U9/U11 | U13/U15 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Body part | ||||||
Head/face | 15 | 9.7 | 5 | 10.4 | 10 | 9.3 |
Neck | 13 | 8.4 | 4 | 8.3 | 9 | 8.4 |
Shoulder | 2 | 1.3 | 1 | 2.1 | 1 | 0.9 |
Arm/elbow | 14 | 9.0 | 6 | 12.5 | 8 | 7.5 |
Hand/wrist | 11 | 7.1 | 1 | 2.1 | 10 | 9.3 |
Trunk | 22 | 14.2 | 9 | 18.8 | 13 | 12.1 |
Hip/groin | 13 | 8.4 | 3 | 6.3 | 10 | 9.3 |
Thigh/upper leg | 5 | 3.2 | 3 | 6.3 | 2 | 1.9 |
Knee | 19 | 12.3 | 6 | 12.5 | 13 | 12.1 |
Lower leg | 14 | 9.0 | 4 | 8.3 | 10 | 9.3 |
Ankle | 17 | 11.0 | 1 | 2.1 | 16 | 15.0 |
Foot | 2 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.9 |
Other | 8 | 5.2 | 5 | 10.4 | 3 | 2.8 |
Diagnosis | ||||||
Concussion | 10 | 6.5 | 3 | 6.3 | 7 | 6.5 |
Contusion | 80 | 51.6 | 25 | 52.1 | 55 | 51.4 |
Inflammatory conditions | 6 | 3.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 5.6 |
Spasm | 7 | 4.5 | 4 | 8.3 | 3 | 2.8 |
Sprain | 23 | 14.8 | 2 | 4.2 | 21 | 19.6 |
Strain | 8 | 5.2 | 3 | 6.3 | 5 | 4.7 |
Othera | 21 | 13.5 | 11 | 22.9 | 10 | 9.3 |
Total | 155 | 100.0 | 48 | 100.0 | 107 | 100.0 |