TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - A prospective study of injuries in licensed floorball players
JO  - Scandinavian journal of medicine and science in sports
A1  - Wikstrom, J.
A1  - Andersson, C.
SP  - 38
EP  - 42
VL  - 7
IS  - 1
N2  - Injuries occurring among 457 licensed floorball players in the Swedish National League were analysed prospectively during the season from 1993 to 1994. Fifty-one (11%) players sustained 58 injuries. The majority (76%) of the injuries were due to trauma mostly during the gama (55%). Twenty-three (52%) of the traumatic injuries were caused by an opponent or a stick. Ankle sprain (35%) was the most common diagnosis. Injury severity classified with regard to time of absence from sport participation were similarly distributed for minor (36%), moderate (29%) and major (35%) injuries. The total rate of injury was 2.5 per 1000 hours for female and 2.6 for male players. Although this rate is lower than for contact sports like soccer and ice-hockey, we feel that further investigation of floorball injuries and improvement of protection devices would be valuable.
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SN  - 0905-7188
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -