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Table 7 (Inter)national comparison of injury location

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

Thigh injuries % and IR per 1000 football hours

Knee injuries % and IR per 1000 football hours

Ankle injuries% and IR per 1000 football hours

Hip/groin injuries% and IR per 1000 football hours

Lower leg/Achilles tendon injuries % and IR per 1000 football hours

Current study media-based

1st German

18/18

2014/15–2020/21

n = 7

24

1.3

15

0.8

13

0.7

11

0.6

9

0.5

Bjorneboe, Bahr [6]

1st Norwegian

14/14

2002–2007

n = 6

21

1.0

16

0.8

17

0.8

7

0.3

9

0.4

Noya Salces, Gomez-Carmona [9]

1st Spanish

16/20

2008/09

n = 1

37

2.1

11

0.6

14

0.8

14

0.8

10

0.6

Stubbe, van Beijsterveldt [3]

1st Dutch

8/18

2009/10

n = 1

23

1.4

21

1.3

11

0.7

11

0.7

12

0.8

Hagglund, Walden [32]

1st Swedish

11/14

2005

n = 1

23

1.7

16

1.2

14

1.0

18

1.4

10

0.8

Hagglund, Walden [8]

1st Swedish

12/14

2001 and 2002

n = 2

23

1.7

17

1.3

10

0.7

17

1.3

13

1.0

Hagglund, Walden [7]

1st Danish

8/12

January–June 2001

2nd leg of one season

22

3.2

21

3.0

13

1.9

15

2.1

11

1.7

Ekstrand, Hagglund [1]

UEFA-ECIS

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

2001/02–2008/09

n = 8

24

1.9

18

1.5

14

1.1

14

1.1

11

0.9

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

26/26

2.0/1.7

17/25

1.0/1.6

17/16

1.0/1.1

3/5

0.2/0.3

9/7

0.6/0.6

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