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Table 1 - Prevalence and injury profile

From: Sports injuries patterns in children and adolescents according to their sports participation level, age and maturation

 

Frequency

Percentage

Injury prevalence

247

37.9

Body area location

  

Lower limbs

107

53.8

Upper limbs

58

29.0

Column and Torso

23

11.5

Injury type

  

Strains

67

33.7

Sprains

54

27.1

Fractures

46

23.1

Ocurrences

  

Practice

174

74

Competition

61

26

Causes

  

Direct trauma

123

51.9

Indirect trauma

70

29.5

Oversuse

30

12.7

Classification

  

1st injury

123

51.9

Relapse

59

25

Chronic

38

15.9

Consequences

  

Total recovery

143

60.9

Conditioned activity, symptoms or treatments

92

39.1

Severity

  

< 1 week

135

54.6

≄ 1 week

112

45.4