h: hours
As for the time when the injuries occurred, 13 (21%) occurred during
the game, 49 (79%) during training. Regarding the appearance of new
injuries, 49 athletes (79%) did not have recurrent injuries and 13
athletes (21%) presented new injuries. All athletes who had recurrent
injuries suffered only one new injury after the first event. The mean
time of leave after injury was 3.65 ± 4.82 weeks, with minimum and
maximum values, respectively, from 1 day to 24 weeks.
There were 25 muscle injuries (40.32%), 9 bone injuries (15.41%), 27
joint injuries (43.54%), and one pathology (1.61%) classified as
another. The ankle and foot region was affected by 12 injuries; the knee
for 12 injuries; hamstrings for 9 injuries; 7 groin injuries,
gastrocnemius by injury; the quadriceps for 9 injuries; the lung from an
injury; the shoulder for two injuries; the elbow for two injuries; the
lumbar spine from an injury; the nose for an injury; the occipital bone
from an injury; the hand for four injuries.
Table 3 shows the correlation indices established between the number of
injuries and the percentage of fat (% of fat) in the body and the BMI
of each athlete. There was no correlation between the number of injuries
and body measurements of% fat and BMI.
Table 3: Correlation between the number of injuries with BMI and
percentage of body fat.