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Table 6 (Inter)national comparison of injury type

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

Muscle/tendon injuries % and IR per 1000 football hours

Joint/ligament injuries % and IR per 1000 football hours

Contusion injuries % and IR per 1000 football hours

Current study media-based

1st German

18/18

2014/15–2020/21

n = 7

49

2.7

16

0.9

13

0.7

Bjorneboe, Bahr [6]

1st Norwegian

14/14

2002–2007

n = 6

45

2.1

27

1.3

14

0.7

Noya Salces, Gomez-Carmona [9]

1st Spanish

20/20

2008/09

n = 1

54

3.0

24

1.4

14

0.8

Stubbe, van Beijsterveldt [3]

1st Dutch

8/18

2009/10

n = 1

39

2.3

19

1.2

18

1.1

Hagglund, Walden [32]

1st Swedish

11/14

2005

n = 1

44

3.4

19

1.5

18

1.4

Hagglund, Walden [8]

1st Swedish

12/14

2001 and 2002

n = 2

22

1.7

16

1.2

15

1.2

Hagglund, Walden [7]

1st Danish

8/12

January–June 2001

2nd leg of one season

21

3.0

23

3.3

14

2.1

Ekstrand, Hagglund [1]

UEFA-ECIS

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

2001/02–2008/09

n = 8

43

3.4

26

2.1

17

1.3

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

42/34

2.5/2.2

27/30

1.6/1.9

19/17

1.1/1.1

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