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Table 2 Studies’ results on selected parameters of physical match performance and injuries

From: Differences in Physical Match Performance and Injury Occurrence Before and After the COVID-19 Break in Professional European Soccer Leagues: A Systematic Review

Study

Physical Match Performance

Injuries

Total distance

Low-intensity running (~ < 14 km/h)

Medium-intensity running (~ 14–20 km/h)

High-intensity running (~ 20–24 km/h)

Sprinting (~ > 24 km/h)

Accelerations

Decelerations

Others

Bundesliga (Germany)

         

Krutsch et al. [23]

        

Pre1: 5.4 injuries/1000 h

MD: − 0.5 injuries/1000 h

Pre2: 5.5 injuries/1000 h

MD: − 0.6 injuries/1000 h

Post: 4.9 injuries/1000 h

p = 0.29

ES = N/A

Radziminski et al. [17]

Pre: 115 501.01 ± 4444.2 m

Post: 114 822.2 ± 4530.9

MD: -678.81 m

p = 0.08

ES = − 0.15

  

Pre: 3946.7 ± 480.1 m

Post: 3961.7 ± 442.6 m

MD: 15.00 m

p = 0.70

ES = 0.03

Pre: 3074.4 ± 555.0

Post: 3110.5 ± 564.2 m

MD: 36.10 m

p = 0.20

ES = 0.06

    

Santana et al. [18]

Pre: 116.18 ± 4.39 km

Post: 115.26 ± 4.53 km

MD: -0,92 km

p < 0.05

ES = − 0.21

   

Pre: 220.45 ± 31.4 sprints

Post: 446.2 ± 29.65 sprints

MD: 2.65 sprints

p = 0.45

ES = 0.09

    

Seshadri et al. [24]

        

Pre: 0.27 injuries/match

Post: 0.84 injuries/match

MD: 0.57 injuries/match

p < 0.001

ES = N/A

Thron et al. [3]

Pre: 115.50 ± 4.44 km

Post: 114.82 ± 4.53 km

MD: − 0.68 km

p = 0.11

ES = 0.15

  

Pre: 10.95 ± 1.25 km

Post: 11.01 ± 1.20 km

MD: 0.06 km

p = 0.61

ES = 0.05

Pre: 4.34 ± 0.73 km

Post: 4.36 ± 0.74 km

MD: 0.02 km

p = 0.82

ES = 0.02

  

Average peak velocity:

Pre: 33.62 ± 0.89 km/h

Post: 33.90 ± 1.04 km/h

MD: 0.28 km/h

p < 0.01

ES = 0.30

Pre: 0.29 ± 0.55 injuries/team/match

Post: 0.28 ± 0.50 injuries/team/match

MD: − 0.01 injuries/team/match

p = N/A

ES = N/A

Ekstraklasa (Poland)

         

Radziminski et al. [17]

Pre: 112 895.0 ± 4218.6 m

Post: 111 714.4 ± 4614.1 m

MD: -1180.6 m

p < 0.01

ES = − 0.27

  

Pre: 7107.3 ± 838.5 m

Post: 6961.2 ± 786.6 m

MD: -146.10 m

p = 0.03

ES = − 0.18

Pre: 1752.9 ± 357.7 m

Post: 1720.6 ± 332.6 sprints

MD: -32.30 m

p > 0.05

ES = − 0.09

  

High-intensity actions:

Pre: 602.3 ± 62.5 actions

Post: 590.5 ± 60.3 actions

MD: -11.80 actions

p = 0.02

ES = − 0.20

 

Hrvatski Telekom PRVA Liga (Croatia)

         

Sekulic et al. [29]

Central defenders

Pre: 10 247 ± 643 m

Post: 10 211 ± 541 m

MD: -36 m

p = 0.85

ES = 0.06

Midfielders

Pre: 11 492 ± 478 m

Post: 11 668 ± 625 m

MD: 176 m

p = 0.33

ES = − 0.30

Fullbacks

Pre: 11 106 ± 430 m

Post: 10 549 ± 668 m

MD: -557 m

p = 0.06

ES = 0.98

Forwards

Pre: 10 670 ± 605 m

Post: 10 392 ± 912 m

MD: -278 m

p = 0.55

ES = 0.33

Central defenders

Pre: 8323 ± 439 m

Post: 8602 ± 486 m

MD: 279 m

p = 0.07

ES = − 0.62

Midfielders

Pre: 8640 ± 318 m

Post: 9063 ± 416 m

MD: 423 m

p = 0.01

ES = − 1.07

Fullbacks

Pre: 8629 ± 404 m

Post: 8316 ± 439 m

MD: 47 m

p = 0.81

ES = − 0.11

Forwards

Pre: 7968 ± 274 m

Post: 7875 ± 506 m

MD: -93 m

p = 0.71

ES = 0.20

Central defenders

Pre: 1353 ± 256 m

Post: 1157 ± 161 m

MD: -196 m

p = 0.01

ES = 0.94

Midfielders

Pre: 2116 ± 207 m

Post: 1937 ± 352 m

MD: -179 m

p = 0.07

ES = 0.57

Fullbacks

Pre: 1819 ± 259 m

Post: 1442 ± 220 m

MD: -377 m

p = 0.01

ES = 1.65

Forwards

Pre: 1651 ± 270 m

Post: 1703 ± 460 m

MD: 52 m

p = 0.82

ES = − 0.12

Central defenders

Pre: 571 ± 217 m

Post: 453 ± 130 m

MD: -118 m

p = 0.04

ES = 0.68

Midfielders

Pre: 735 ± 197 m

Post: 669 ± 181 m

MD: -66 m

p = 0.25

ES = 0.35

Fullbacks

Pre: 1018 ± 162 m

Post: 790 ± 160 m

MD: -228 m

p = 0.01

ES = − 1.42

Forwards

Pre: 1051 ± 98 m

Post: 814 ± 185 m

MD: -237 m

p = 0.02

ES = 1.42

 

Central defenders

Pre: 475 ± 55 accelerations

Post: 473 ± 55 accelerations

MD: -2 accelerations

p = 0.95

ES = 0.02

Midfielders

Pre: 517 ± 34 accelerations

Post: 490 ± 39 accelerations

MD: -27 accelerations

p = 0.02

ES = 0.71

Fullbacks

Pre: 491 ± 44 accelerations

Post: 466 ± 46 accelerations

MD: -25 accelerations

p = 0.24

ES = 0.58

Forwards

Pre: 451 ± 45 accelerations

Post: 445 ± 47 accelerations

MD: -6 accelerations

p = 0.80

ES = 0.14

Central defenders

Pre: 471 ± 54 decelerations

Post: 474 ± 54 decelerations

MD: 3 decelerations

p = 0.90

ES = − 0.04

Midfielders

Pre: 512 ± 32 decelerations

Post: 486 ± 38 decelerations

MD: -26 decelerations

p = 0.02

ES = 0.73

Fullbacks

Pre: 481 ± 41 decelerations

Post: 457 ± 42 decelerations

MD: -24 decelerations

p = 0.22

ES = 0.60

Forwards

Pre: 441 ± 52 decelerations

Post: 444 ± 47 decelerations

MD: 3 decelerations

p = 0.92

ES = − 0.06

  

La Liga (Spain)

         

Garcia-Aliaga et al. [19]

Pre: 75.62 ± 0.58 km

Post: 70.20 ± 1.27 km

MD: -5.42 km

p < 0.001

ES = 5.5

Pre: 7699.22 ± 199.63 m/min

Post: 7037.74 ± 216.19 m/min

MD: -661.48 m/min

p < 0.001

ES = 3.18

 

Pre: 104.42 ± 2.12 m

Post: 103.59 ± 2.70 m

MD: − 0.83 m

p = 0.165

ES = 0.34

Pre: 202.91 ± 19.80 m/min

Post: 186.67 ± 22.12 m/min

MD: -16,24 m/min

p = 0.001

ES = 0.77

Pre: 36.36 ± 2.40 m/min

Post: 33.58 ± 2.51 m/min

MD: − 2.78 m/min

p < 0.001

ES = 1.13

Pre: 418.44 ± 28.33 m

Post: 382.65 ± 32.83 m

MD: -35.79 m

p < 0.001

ES = 1.1

Pre: 24.89 ± 1.48 counts

Post: 23.06 ± 1.59 counts

MD: − 1.83 counts

p < 0.001

ES = 1.19)

Pre: 6.06 ± 0.41 m/min

Post: 6.16 ± 0.51 m/min

MD: 0.10 m/min

p = 0.308

ES = 0.27

Pre: 47.07 ± 2.52 accelerations

Post: 44.62 ± 2.53 accelerations

MD: − 2.45 accelerations

p < 0.001

ES = 0.97

Pre: 0.66 ± 0.03 accelerations/min

Post: 0.68 ± 0.04 accelerations/min

MD: 0.02 accelerations/min

p = 0.001

ES = 0.57

Pre: 52.76 ± 3.00 decelerations

Post: 49.39 ± 3.47 decelerations

MD: -3.37 decelerations

p < 0.001

ES = 1.04

Pre: 0.74 ± 0.04 decelerations/min

Post: 0.75 ± 0.05 decelerations/min

MD: 0.01 decelerations/min

p = 0.017

ES = 0.22

Maximum speed

Pre: 29.91 ± 0.23 km/h

Post: 29.81 ± 0.36 km/h

MD: − 0.10 km/h

p = 0.115

ES = 0.33

Average speed

Pre: 6.27 ± 0.13 km/h

Post: 6.22 ± 0.26 km/h

MD: − 0.05 km/h

p = 0.184

ES = 0.34

 

Raya-González et al. [21]

WRS

Pre: 110.09 ± 0.37 m/min

Post: 106.64 ± 0.18 m/min

MD: -3.45 m/min

p < 0.001

ES = -9.32

IMP

Pre: 109.45 ± 0.44 m/min

Post: 107.76 ± 0.25 m/min

MD: − 1.69 m/min

p < 0.001

ES = -3.84

  

WRS

Pre: 3.93 ± 0.05 m/min

Post: 3.73 ± 0.03 m/min

MD: − 0.20 m/min

p < 0.001

ES = -4.00

IMP

Pre: 4.09 ± 0.03 m/min

Post: 4.01 ± 0.04

MD: − 0.08 m/min

p < 0.001

ES = − 2.67

WRS

Pre: 2.96 ± 0.06 m/min

Post: 2.75 ± 0.03 m/min

MD: − 0.21 m/min

p < 0.001

ES = -3.50

IMP

Pre: 3.06 ± 0.06 m/min

Post: 3.00 ± 0.03 m/min

MD: − 0.06 m/min

p > 0.05

ES = − 1.00

WRS

Pre: 25.98 ± 0.06 accelerations

Post: 26.11 ± 0.04 accelerations

MD: + 0.13 accelerations

p < 0.001

ES = 2.17

IMP

Pre: 26.13 ± 0.08 accelerations

Post: 26.00 ± 0.04 accelerations

MD: − 0.13 accelerations

p < 0.001

ES = − 1.63

WRS

Pre: 25.83 ± 0.06 decelerations

Post: 25.95 ± 0.04 decelerations

MD: + 0.12 decelerations

p < 0.001

ES = 2.00

IMP

Pre: 25.97 ± 0.07 decelerations

Post: 25.85 ± 0.04 decelerations

MD: − 0.12 decelerations

p < 0.001

ES = − 1.71

  

De Souza et al. [22]

Pre: N/A

Post: N/A

MD: N/A

p = n. s

ES = N/A

Pre: N/A

Post: N/A

MD: N/A

p = n. s

ES = N/A

Pre: N/A

Post: N/A

MD: N/A

p < 0.05

ES = N/A

Pre: N/A

Post: N/A

MD: N/A

p = n. s

ES = N/A

Pre: N/A

Post: N/A

MD: N/A

p = n. s

ES = N/A

    

Serie A (Italy)

         

Rampinini et al. [7]

Pre1: N/A

Post: N/A

MD: − 3.2 m·min − 1

p < 0.001

ES =  − 0.58

Pre2: N/A

Post: N/A

MD: =  − 5.4 m/min

p < 0.001

ES =  − 1.01

  

Pre1: N/A

Post: N/A

MD: − 0.8 m·min − 1

p < 0.001

ES =  − 0.41

Pre2: N/A

Post: N/A

MD =  − 1.0 m·min − 1

p < 0.001

ES =  − 0.53

Pre1: N/A

Pre2: N/A

Post: N/A

MD: N/A

p = n. s

ES = N/A

Pre1: N/A

Post: N/A

MD: N/A

p = n. s

ES = N/A

Pre2: N/A

Post: N/A

MD = − 0.11 m/min

p = 0.010

ES = 0.24

Pre1: N/A

Post: N/A

MD: N/A

p = n. s

ES = N/A

Pre2: N/A

Post: N/A

MD: − 0.12 m/min

p = 0.014

ES =  − 0.23

  

Marotta et al. [25]

        

Pre: N/A

Post: N/A

MD: v4

p > 0.05

ES = N/A

  1. N/A—not available; p—significance level; MD—mean difference; ES—effect size; n. s.—not significant; WRS—teams that worsened ranking after break; IMP—teams that improved ranking after break