Below you will find links to articles, studies and abstracts that
provide statistical information and listings of the most common ice
hockey injuries that occur and the most frequent mechanism of injury.
A short excerpt is supplied for each piece of information; however I
highly recommend that you read each article in its entirety.
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In Ice Hockey the anatomic regions most often injured are in this order:
face
shoulder
hip
lumbar spine
knee
hand
foot
thigh
ankle
pelvis
head
chest
elbow
cervical spine abdomen
leg
wrist
Most frequent mechanism of injury.
collision with other players 24%
collision into the boards 22%
collision with the ice and the goal 4%
stick related injuries 18 %
struck by the puck 11%
struck by a skate 3%
fighting 3%
stretching 1%
training drills 8%
running 3%
weightlifting 1%
Source:
Injuries in Junior A Ice Hockey: A Three Year Prospective Study
The American Journal of Sports Medicine;
Baltimore; Jul 1995; Stuart, Michael J; Smith, Aynsley.
http://www.geocities.com/violentcontact/face.htm
Here is the abstract of the above study from the American Journal of
Sports Medicine.
?This 3-year prospective cohort observational analysis of elite
amateur hockey players ranging in age from 17 to 20 years on a United
States Hockey League team describes ice hockey injuries using a strict
definition of injury, standardized reporting strategies, and diagnosis
by a team physician. One hundred forty-two injuries were recorded for
an on-ice injury rate of 9.4 per 1000 player hours. A player was 25
times more likely to be injured in a game (96.1 per 1000 player-game
hours) than in practice (3.9 per 1000 player-practice hours).
Game-related injuries were more frequent in the third period, and
practice-related injuries occurred more often in the first third of
the season.
"Collisions represented 51% of the total injuries. The most common
types of injuries were strains, lacerations, contusions, and sprains.
The face and the shoulder were most frequently injured. A facial
laceration was the most common injury; acromioclavicular joint sprain
was the second most common injury. Facial lacerations typically
occurred in games and were stick related.?
Source:
American Journal of Sports Medicine, Vol 23, Issue 4 458-461
Injuries in Junior A ice hockey. A three-year prospective study
MJ Stuart and A Smith
Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Center, Department of Orthopedics,
Rochester, MN 55095, USA.
http://journal.ajsm.org/cgi/content/abstract/23/4/458
You can order the full text via infotrieve ( click on link on right
hand side of page at the above link).
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The Injury Data Collection Program conducted by the Hockey Development
Centre for Ontario (2001-2002) provides a great deal of statistical
information regarding ice hockey injuries.
Figures are provided by category and by mechanism.
Download here (24 pages):
http://www.hdco.on.ca/idcp2001-02.pdf
Page 8:
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Location
of Injury Percentage
ANKLE 3.89%
DENTAL 2.59%
EAR 0.22%
ELBOW 1.19%
EYE 0.27%
FACE 1.73%
FINGER 1.41%
FOOT 0.86%
GROIN 1.08%
HAND 1.84%
HEAD 15.78%
HIP 0.97%
INTERNAL 0.59%
KNEE 8.43%
LOWER ARM 4.97%
LOWER BACK 4.32%
LOWER LEG 3.84%
NECK 7.30%
OTHER 9.62%
RIB FRONT 1.46%
RIB SIDE 0.43%
SHOULDER 10.38%
SPINE 0.38%
STERNUM 4.44%
THIGH 1.51%
THROAT 0.54%
THUMB 1.62%
UPPER ARM 1.62%
UPPER BACK 3.51%
WRIST 7.30%
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The above data can also be found in a pie chart.
Page 10:
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Cause of Injury Percentage
BODY CHECK 26.25%
TRIP 1.21%
BOARDS 24.43%
COLLISIONS 29.28%
STICK 2.32%
NET 1.31%
SKATE 1.41%
FELL 4.19%
PUCK 3.23%
CHECK FROM BEHIND 6.21%
FAULTY EQUIPMENT 0.15%
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CONCUSSIONS:
Mechanism of Injury Percentage
BODY CHECK 20.63%
TRIP 1.59%
BOARDS 22.22%
COLLISION 28.57%
STICK 0.79%
NET 1.19%
SKATE 0.40%
FELL ON ICE 6.35%
PUCK 1.59%
CHECK FROM BEHIND 16.67%
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SPINAL INJURIES
Mechanism of Injury Percentage
Collision 50.00%
Net 12.50%
Fell on Ice 12.50%
Check from Behind 25.00%
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View additional statistics in the full report (24 pages):
http://www.hdco.on.ca/idcp2001-02.pdf
Historical data is also available at the following links:
Injury Data Report 1997-1998
http://www.hdco.on.ca/injury9798.htm
Injury Data Report 1998-1999
http://www.hdco.on.ca/injury9899.htm
Injury Data Report 1999-2000
http://www.hdco.on.ca/injury9900.htm
Injury Data Report 2000-2001
http://www.hdco.on.ca/injurydate00-02.htm
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Study
Title: Characteristics of Ice Hockey?Related Injuries Treated in US
Emergency Departments, 2001?2002
PEDIATRICS Vol. 114 No. 6 December 2004, pp. e661-e666
From the Center for Injury Research and Policy, Columbus Children?s
Research Institute, Children?s Hospital, Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/114/6/e661
Excerpts:
?An estimated 32 750 individuals with ice hockey?related injuries were
treated in US EDs in 2001?2002, including >18 000 youths <18 years
old. The number of injuries peak through adolescence (ages 12?17; 47%
of all injuries). Males experienced 90% of all injuries. A very small
percentage of individuals were hospitalized after injury (1.2% of
individuals <18 years old; 0.5% of individuals 18 years old). The
incidence of head injuries increased as age decreased, although the
trend was not statistically significant.?
?The upper extremity (44%) accounted for the highest total percentages
of body regions injured for youths <18 years old, and trunk (14%) and
facial injuries (10%) represented the smallest total percentages.
Players 18 years old had significantly more lacerations than younger
players (38% of injuries for 18- to 24-year-olds; 25% for 25- to
34-year-olds; 50% for 35- to 44-year-olds compared with 19% for 6- to
11-year-olds and 14% for 12- to 17-year-olds).?
Body Region Injured
?The number and percentage of injuries by body region are presented in
Fig 2 for youth <18 years old. The upper extremity (44%) accounted for
the highest percentage of youth injuries overall. In contrast, trunk
(14%) and facial injuries (10%) represented the smallest percentage of
total youth injuries. By age group, 12- to 17-year-olds had a
significantly higher percentage of upper extremity injuries (47% of
all injuries) compared with all other age groups (27% for 6- to
11-year-olds; 26% for 18- to 24-year-olds; 30% for 25- to
30-year-olds; 28% for 35- to 44-year-olds; Table 2). Although not
statistically significant, the percentage of head injuries decreased
as age increased (21% of all injuries for 6- to 11-year-olds
decreasing to 10% of all injuries for people 45 years old).?
Fig 2.
Percentage of body region injured in ice hockey?related event for
youths <18 years old. Source: NEISS, 2001?2002.
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/114/6/e661/F2
TABLE 2.
Characteristics of Ice Hockey?Related Injuries by Age Group
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/114/6/e661/T2
Fig 3.
Percentage of ice hockey?related injury diagnoses for youths <18 years old.
*Other includes dislocation, hematoma, dental injury, not recorded, and other.
Source: NEISS, 2001?2002.
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/114/6/e661/F3
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Another informative study from the American Journal of Sports Medicine:
American Collegiate Men?s Ice Hockey
An Analysis of Injuries
From the Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York
?Reported rates and types of ice hockey injuries have been variable.
Purpose: To identify rates and determinants of injury in American
men?s collegiate ice hockey.
Study Design: Prospective cohort study.
Methods: Data were collected from 8 teams in a Division I athletic
conference for 1 season using an injury reporting form specific for
ice hockey.?
Results: There were a total of 113 injuries in 23 096 athlete
exposures. Sixty-five percent of injuries occurred during games,
although games accounted for only 23% of all exposures. The overall
injury rate was 4.9 per 1000 athlete exposures (13.8 per 1000 game
athlete exposures and 2.2 per 1000 practice athlete exposures).
Collision with an opponent (32.8%) or the boards (18.6%) caused more
than half of all injuries.
?Concussion (18.6%) was the most common injury, followed by knee
medial collateral ligament sprains, acromioclavicular joint injuries,
and ankle sprains.?
Conclusions: The risk of injury in men?s collegiate ice hockey is much
greater during games than during practices.
Concussions are a main cause for time lost and remain an area of major concern.
Address correspondence to Robert G. Marx, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Sports
Medicine and Shoulder Service, Director, Foster Center for Clinical
Outcome Research, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street,
New York, NY 10021
(e-mail: marxr@hss.edu).
Read abstract here:
http://journal.ajsm.org/cgi/content/abstract/33/2/183
Purchase full text here:
http://journal.ajsm.org/cgi/content/full/33/2/183
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Ice Hockey Injuries
?More than 500,000 amateur athletes in the U.S. play ice hockey, a
game that carries significant risk of injury for players of all ages.
Ice hockey is the second leading cause of winter sports injury among
children.?
?The most common types of injuries are sprains and contusions
(bruises) to the thigh, knee, and ankle. Lower extremity injuries
account for about one-third of the injuries in ice hockey. A high rate
of facial lacerations and head injuries (including concussions) is
also associated with this sport. Cases of paralysis and death
resulting from head and spinal cord injuries have been reported, but
these catastrophic injuries are rare.?
?Body checking is the most commonly reported cause of injury and is
associated with the more severe injuries. Many of the players injured
by body checking collide with goal posts and boards. Contact between
opponents, usually in the form of body checking, is associated with 46
percent of all minor injuries and 75 percent of major injuries.?
Sources: The safety tips in this section were compiled from the
following internet resources: Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (http://www.cdc.gov/), U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (http://www.cpsc.gov)
Keep Kids Safe
http://www.helpkeepkidssafe.org/pt_tips_spo.html#5
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