Abstract
PurposeTo examine acute injuries in licensed floorball, football, handball, and ice hockey players in all ages nationwide in Sweden, and to identify the most common and severe injuries in each body location and recommend injury prevention measures.MethodsUsing national sport insurance data from years 2006–2015 was the incidence and proportion of acute injuries, and injuries leading to permanent medical impairment (PMI), calculated in the four team sports. The most common injury type and injured body part was identified, with a particular focus of the severe injuries. Comparison between sexes was made.ResultsIn total, there were 92,162 registered injuries in all sports together. Knee injuries were most common, and also had the highest incidence of PMI, in all ball sports and in female ice hockey players. In male ice hockey, the most common injury was a dental and face injury, and PMI injuries were mostly in the shoulder. The most severe PMI injuries were rare and most often a face/eye injury in male floorball and ice hockey, a concussion in female ice hockey, and a knee injury in female floorball, and in both sexes in football and handball.ConclusionsTo achieve the greatest impact in reducing the adverse effects of acute sport injuries nationwide in Sweden, preventive measures should focus on knee injuries in all the investigated team sports. The severe head/face and upper limb injuries also need attention. Protective equipment, neuromuscular training programs, rules enforcements, and fair-play interventions may reduce the incidence of injuries.
Highlights
IntroductionTeam sports, such as floorball, football (soccer), handball, and ice hockey, are sports with high numbers of players, and account for a large proportion of the acute sports injuriesGIH, The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Lidingövägen 1, Box 5626, 114 86 Stockholm, SwedenStockholm Sports Trauma Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Box 5605, 114 86 Stockholm, Sweden
Team sports, such as floorball, football, handball, and ice hockey, are sports with high numbers of players, and account for a large proportion of the acute sports injuriesGIH, The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Lidingövägen 1, Box 5626, 114 86 Stockholm, SwedenStockholm Sports Trauma Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Box 5605, 114 86 Stockholm, SwedenDepartment of Surgery and Perioperative Sciences, Clinical Physiology, Umeå University, 901 85 Umeå, Sweden reported nationally in Sweden [22, 31, 32]
The highest proportion of injuries was in the 15–17-year-old group, but, for male ice hockey players, it was in the 18–20-year-old group
Summary
Team sports, such as floorball, football (soccer), handball, and ice hockey, are sports with high numbers of players, and account for a large proportion of the acute sports injuriesGIH, The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Lidingövägen 1, Box 5626, 114 86 Stockholm, SwedenStockholm Sports Trauma Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Box 5605, 114 86 Stockholm, Sweden. Team sports, such as floorball, football (soccer), handball, and ice hockey, are sports with high numbers of players, and account for a large proportion of the acute sports injuries. In Sweden, four Sports Federations (SF) (floorball, football, handball, and ice hockey) had, at the time of this study, their mandatory accident insurance in the same insurance company, covering all licensed players in all ages and levels of play. This database has previously been used to evaluate the incidence and body location of acute injuries in different sports [7, 31, 32]. This study reported that there was an increase in injury incidence in
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