Skip to main content
. 2013 Mar 11;14:88. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-14-88

Table 4.

Descriptive statistics for the consequences of injury which occurred during the last match, last year and during fitness testing among assistant 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 = 31
n = 0
n = 11
n = 8
n = 12
Recovery (days)
54.91 ± 57.96
 
43.43 ± 40.41
29.83 ± 30.31
80.56 ± 75.45
No training (days)
41.64 ± 53.23
 
33.67 ± 30.21
44.5 ± 57.23
44.75 ± 67.08
No refereeing (days)
78.33 ± 102.61
 
66.6 ± 64.67
104 ± 174.27
71 ± 84.76
Last year (injured)
n = 55
n = 1
n = 21
n = 14
n = 19
Recovery (days)
48.5 ± 87.19
6 ± 0
75 ± 119.55
37.75 ± 50.07
12.43 ± 9.9
No training (days)
36.85 ± 56.88
6 ± 0
49.15 ± 78.83
45.2 ± 50.5
15.6 ± 11.06
No refereeing (days)
45.87 ± 74.26
 
37.09 ± 29.84
87.33 ± 139.27
20.5 ± 9.01
Fitness testing (injured)
n = 35
n = 3
n = 17
n = 9
n = 6
Recovery (days)
44.86 ± 91.31
13.67 ± 7.51
69.6 ± 120.7
13.83 ± 12.86
22 ± 9.24
No training (days)
26.75 ± 34.13
10.33 ± 6.35
26 ± 20.21
40.14 ± 62.61
18.25 ± 7.85
No refereeing (days) 48.74 ± 49.95 24.5 ± 14.85 59.44 ± 50.15 55.4 ± 70.36 21.67 ± 8.02