Question
How to classify sports injury?
Solution
Injuries are classified according to the type of body tissue damaged, the two categories are soft-tissue injury and hard-tissue injury.
Soft-tissue injuries are the most common injuries resulting from participation in sport.
They include the following:
- Skin injuries—abrasions, lacerations and blisters
- Muscle injuries—tears or strains of muscle fibres and contusions
- Tendon injuries—tears or strains of tendon fibres and inflammation (tendonitis)
- Ligament injuries—sprains and tears of ligament fibres.
Soft-tissue injuries can result in internal bleeding and swelling
Hard-tissue injuries are those involving damage to the bones of the skeleton. They range from severe fractures and joint dislocations to bruising of the bone.
