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Table 8 (Inter)national comparison of injury severity

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

Severe injuries % and IR per 1000 football hours

Moderate injuries % and IR per 1000 football hours

Mild injuries % and IR per 1000 football hours

Minimal injuries % and IR per 1000 football hours

Current study media-based

1st German

18/18

2014/15–2020/21

n = 7

19

1.0

28

1.5

21

1.1

33

1.8

Bjorneboe, Bahr [6]

1st Norwegian

14/14

2002–2007

n = 6

21

1.0

Time loss

> 21 days!

28

1.3

Time loss 8–21 days!

51

2.4

Time loss 1–7 days!

See mild injuries

Noya Salces, Gomez-Carmona [36]

1st Spanish

16/20

2008/09

n = 1

8

0.5

29

1.7

27

1.5

36

2.0

Stubbe, van Beijsterveldt [3]

1st Dutch

8/18

2009/10

n = 1

12

1.0

24

2.1

32

2.0

18

1.0

Hagglund, Walden [32]

1st Swedish

11/14

2005

n = 1

9

0.7

26

2.0

29

2.2

36

2.8

Hagglund, Walden [8]

1st Swedish

12/14

2001 and 2002

n = 2

11

0.9

37

2.8

28

2.1

33

2.6

Hagglund, Walden [7]

1st Danish

8/12

January–June 2001

2nd leg of one season

12

1.7

21

3.0

24

3.5

43

6.2

Ekstrand, Hagglund [1]

UEFA-ECIS

UEFA Champions League

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

2001/02–2008/09

n = 8

16

1.3

Not provided

Not provided

Not provided

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

13/18

0.8/1.2

29/34 1.7/2.2

29/19 1.7/1.2

29/30

1.7/2.0

  1. Time losses per injury severity unless stated otherwise [days]: slight 1–3, light 4–7, moderate 8–28, severe > 28
  2. IR injury incidence rate; ECIS Elite Club Injury Study of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)