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. 2013 Mar 11;14:88. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-14-88

Table 3.

Descriptive statistics for consequences of injury which occurred during the last match, last year and during fitness testing among match referees (n-number of subjects in each group, M-mean, SD-standard deviation) for different competitive levels (UEFA referees-UEFA, 1st National league-1st, 2nd National league-2nd, 3rd National league)

 
Total (n = 342)
UEFA (n = 18)
1st (n = 78)
2nd (n = 91)
3rd (n = 155)
  M ± SD M ± SD M ± SD M ± SD M ± SD
Last match (injured)
n = 29
n = 0
n = 8
n = 8
n = 13
Recovery (days)
36.5 ± 43.42
 
30.38 ± 29.14
52.5 ± 45.17
33.11 ± 55.91
No training (days)
36.38 ± 48.47
 
21.43 ± 18.49
39 ± 32.86
46.73 ± 66.62
No refereeing (days)
58.38 ± 64.11
 
42.33 ± 42.85
54.67 ± 57.14
74.67 ± 83.96
Last year (injured)
n = 46
n = 3
n = 12
n = 17
n = 14
Recovery (days)
53.55 ± 73.43
76 ± 90.16
73.4 ± 104.73
51.63 ± 68.5
35.46 ± 46.5
No training (days)
35.35 ± 35.31
17.5 ± 4.95
34.5 ± 22.48
38.46 ± 34.49
35.5 ± 44.96
No refereeing (days)
42.59 ± 48.67
20.5 ± 0.71
20.4 ± 8.76
36.11 ± 35.99
78.17 ± 74.38
Fitness testing (injured)
n = 21
n = 0
n = 7
n = 8
n = 6
Recovery (days)
39.94 ± 57.69
 
36.57 ± 28.56
59 ± 101.29
22 ± 16.37
No training (days)
32.25 ± 25.73
 
31.33 ± 22.37
37.67 ± 32.21
25.5 ± 25.04
No refereeing (days) 43.11 ± 47.13   41 ± 33.53 22.33 ± 13.28 78.5 ± 101.12