Fall characteristics of the three groups
| Wheelchair rugby (n=104) | Men’s wheelchair basketball (n=230) | Women’s wheelchair basketball (n=96) | P value | |
| Classification (%) | <0.001 | |||
| Low pointer | 16 (15.4)* | 125 (54.3)† | 43 (44.8) | |
| High pointer | 88 (84.6)† | 105 (45.7)* | 53 (55.2) | |
| Playing time (%) | ||||
| First quarter | 29 (27.9) | 46 (20.0) | 28 (29.2) | 0.389 |
| Second quarter | 24 (23.1) | 48 (20.9) | 21 (21.9) | |
| Third quarter | 25 (24.0) | 57 (24.8) | 22 (22.9) | |
| Fourth quarter | 26 (25.0) | 79 (34.3) | 25 (26.0) | |
| Playing phase (%) | 0.154 | |||
| Offence | 60 (57.7) | 147 (63.9) | 68 (70.8) | |
| Defence | 44 (42.3) | 83 (36.1) | 28 (29.2) | |
| Unidentified | – | – | – | |
| Contact with another player (%) | 0.167 | |||
| Contact | 99 (95.2) | 209 (90.9) | 90 (93.8) | |
| Non-contact | 5 (4.8) | 15 (6.5) | 3 (3.1) | |
| Unidentified | – | 6 (2.6) | 3 (3.1) | |
| Direction of the fall (%) | <0.001 | |||
| Left | 32 (30.8)† | 27 (11.7)* | 18 (18.8) | |
| Right | 31 (29.8)† | 38 (16.5) | 15 (15.6) | |
| Forward | 27 (26.0)* | 106 (46.1)† | 42 (43.8) | |
| Backward | 12 (11.5)* | 53 (23.0)† | 16 (16.7) | |
| Unidentified | 2 (1.9) | 6 (2.6) | 5 (5.2) | |
| Location of the fall (%) | 0.019 | |||
| Back court | 40 (38.5)† | 62 (27.0) | 27 (28.1) | |
| Front court | 43 (41.3) | 79 (34.3) | 34 (35.4) | |
| Paint/key area | 21 (20.2)* | 89 (38.7)† | 35 (36.5) | |
| Body part first in contact with the floor (%) | <0.001 | |||
| Hand | 60 (57.7)* | 180 (78.3) | 81 (84.4)† | |
| Elbow | 24 (23.1)† | 16 (7.0)* | 2 (2.1)* | |
| Shoulder | 7 (6.7)* | 5 (2.2) | 1 (1.0) | |
| Back | 6 (5.8) | 15 (6.5) | 5 (5.2) | |
| Unidentified/combined | 7 (6.7) | 14 (6.1) | 7 (7.3) |
Values are expressed as the number of falls (% of total falls) for each group.
p values < 0.05 are considered significant (indicated with emboldened font)
*Significantly lower among the three events (p<0.05).
†Significantly higher among the three events (p<0.05).