Table 1 Exposure, number of acute injuries and incidence of acute injuries on different turfs.
Exposure, playing hours (%) | Number of injuries | Injury incidence, n/1000 playing hours (95% CI) | ||||||
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Match | Training | Total | Match | Training | Total | Match | Training | |
Grass | 27 627 (67) | 45 417 (45) | 73 044 (51) | 230 | 56 | 286 | 8.3 (7.2 to 9.4) | 1.2 (0.9 to 1.6) |
Artificial turf | 9402 (23) | 30 577 (30) | 39 979 (28) | 82 | 37 | 119 | 8.7 (6.8 to 10.6) | 1.2 (0.8 to 1.6) |
Gravel | 3905 (9) | 21 251 (21) | 25 156 (18) | 26 | 16 | 42 | 6.7 (4.1 to 9.2) | 0.8 (0.4 to 1.1) |
Indoor | 377 (1) | 4165 (4) | 4542 (3) | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13.3 (1.6 to 24.9) | 1.0 (0 to 1.9) |
Total | 41 311 | 101 410 | 142 721 | 343 | 113 | 456 | 8.3 (7.4 to 9.2) | 1.1 (0.9 to 1.3) |