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Table 5 (Inter)national comparison of overall, match, and training IRs

From: Epidemiology of Football Injuries of the German Bundesliga: A Media-Based, Prospective Analysis over 7 Consecutive Seasons

References

League(s), Nr. of team(s) of the respective league

Season(s), n = number of included seasons

Overall IR per 1000 football hours

Match IR per 1000 match hours

Training IR per 1000 training hours

Current study media-based

1st German

18/18

2014/15–2020/21

n = 7

5.5

25.9

3.4

Bjorneboe, Bahr [6]

1st Norwegian

14/14

2002–2007

n = 6

4.8

Not provided

Not provided

Noya Salces, Gomez-Carmona [9]

1st Spanish

16/20

2008/09

n = 1

5.7

43.5

3.6

Stubbe, van Beijsterveldt [3]

1st Dutch

8/18

2009/10

n = 1

6.2

32.8

2.8

Hagglund, Walden [32]

1st Swedish

11/14

2005

n = 1

7.7

28.1

4.7

Hagglund, Walden [8]

1st Swedish

12/14

2001–2002

n = 2

7.1/8.2

22.7/25.9

5.1/5.3

Hagglund, Walden [7]

1st Danish

8/12

January–June 2001

2nd leg of one season

14.4

28.2

11.2

Orhant, Chapellier [31]

1st French

20/20,

16 teams participating in both seasons

2018/19,

2020/21

n = 2

Not provided

24.4/29.4

Not provided

Lopez-Valenciano, Ruiz-Perez [33]

1st French, Spanish, Italian, English, and German (pooled data)

Systematic review and meta-analysis, studies until February 2018 included

7.6

35.5

3.6

Ekstrand, Spreco [34]

UEFA-ECIS

UEFA Champions League (the best 1st league clubs of 10 European countries)

2001/02–2018/19

n = 18

6.6

23.8

3.4

aus der Fünten, Faude [4]

1st and 2nd German

5/18 1st, 2/18 2nd league

2008/09–2009/10

2nd legs of two seasons

5.9/6.6

26.5/31.5

2.7/4.0

Faude, Meyer [5]

media-based

1st German

18/18

2005/06

n = 1

Not provided

37.5

Not provided

  1. IR injury incidence rate; ECIS Elite Club Injury Study of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)