Cambridge Sports & Exercise Medicine Unit

working in partnership with Addenbrookes NHS Trust

 

Statistics Site Map

Sites of Injury

Figures represent period 2000-2001

Other figures represent period 1990-91

Sites Number Number % % Right Right Left Left Bilateral
Knee 185 218 23.3 23.5 98 125 76 93 11
Ankle 127 121 16.0 13.0 62 63 65 58
Thigh 99 112 12.5 12.1 44 74 49 38 6
Low Back 88 98 12.0 10.6
Lower Leg 67 117 8.4 12.6 30 69 26 48 11
Shoulder 47 66 5.9 7.1 30 50 17 16
Wrist/Hand 43 40 5.4 4.3 22 29 21 11
Foot 34 52 4.3 5.6 19 34 15 18
Hip/Pelvis 32 15 4.0 1.6 19 6 13 9
Thoracic 26 21 3.3 2.3
Neck 24 18 3.0 1.9
Chest 18 14 2.3 1.5
Fore Arm 10 3 1.3 0.3 4 0 6 0
Elbow 6 14 0.8 1.5 6 10 0 4
Upper arm 9 7 1.1 0.8 2 0 1 0 1
Abdomen 7 4 0.9 0.4
Head/Face 1 2 0.1 0.2
Gait 0 3 0.0 0.3
Unspec 0 3 0.0 0.3
Total 823 928