Table 2 Incidence of upper limb injuries by player position, field location, type of injury related to the FIFA incidence
From: Epidemiology of Upper Limb Injuries in two major Brazilian Soccer Championships from 2016 to 2019
Injury Characteristics | Attacker | Goalkeeper | Sideback | Midfielder | Defensive Midfielder | Defender | Total | FIFA Incidence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Field location | Attacking Area | 13 (44.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (10.5%) | 2 (16.7%) | 2 (22.2%) | 2 (9.5%) | 21 (21.0%) | 0.16 |
Defending Area | 3 (10.3%) | 10 (100%) | 6 (31.6%) | 1 (8.3%) | 3 (33.3%) | 13 (61.9%) | 36 (36.0%) | 0.28 | |
Attacking Midfield | 10 (34.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (21.1%) | 6 (50.0%) | 1 (11.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 21 (21.0%) | 0.16 | |
Defending Midfield | 3 (10.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 7 (36.8%) | 3 (25.0%) | 3 (33.3%) | 6 (28.6%) | 22 (22.0%) | 0.17 | |
Injury type | Contusion | 11 (30.6%) | 8 (34.8%) | 6 (18.8%) | 7 (23.3%) | 7 (38.9%) | 5 (16.7%) | 44 (26.0%) | 0.35 |
Fracture | 2 (5.6%) | 6 (26.1%) | 5 (15.6%) | 6 (20.0%) | 3 (16.7%) | 3 (10.0%) | 25 (14.8%) | 0.20 | |
Musculotendinous Injury | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (4.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (3.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (6.7%) | 4 (2.4%) | 0.03 | |
Dislocation | 23 (63.9%) | 8 (34.8%) | 21 (65.6%) | 16 (53.3%) | 8 (44.4%) | 20 (66.7%) | 96 (56.8%) | 0.76 | |
Body location | Forearm | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (8.7%) | 3 (9.4%) | 1 (3.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (3.3%) | 7 (4.1%) | 0.05 |
Arm | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (3.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.6%) | 0.01 | |
Elbow | 1 (2.8%) | 3 (13.0%) | 2 (6.3%) | 3 (10.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (10.0%) | 12 (7.1%) | 0.09 | |
Shoulder | 24 (66.7%) | 13 (56.5%) | 17 (53.1%) | 17 (56.7%) | 13 (72.2%) | 23 (76.7%) | 107 (63.3%) | 0.84 | |
Hand and Wrist | 11 (30.6%) | 5 (21.7%) | 10 (31.3%) | 8 (26.7%) | 5 (27.8%) | 3 (10.0%) | 42 (24.9%) | 0.33 | |
FIFA Incidence | 0.28 | 0.18 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.14 | 0.24 | 1.34 | ||