Table 1.
Team, player, exposure and injury characteristics during international floorball tournaments from 2012 to 2015
| Women | Men | All | |||||||
| CC | WFC | Total | CC | WFC | Total | CC | WFC | Total | |
| Tournaments | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| Teams, n | 24 | 32 | 56 | 24 | 32 | 56 | 48 | 64 | 112 |
| Players, n | 450 | 629 | 1079 | 466 | 634 | 1100 | 916 | 1263 | 2179 |
| Mean age of players (SD) | 23.1 (4.2) | 24.3 (4.9) | 23.8 (4.7) | 24.6 (4.4) | 25.8 (4.9) | 25.3 (4.7) | 23.9 (4.4) | 25.1 (5.0) | 24.6 (4.8) |
| Games, n | 33 | 96 | 129 | 33 | 91 | 124 | 66 | 187 | 253 |
| Practice sessions, n | 96 | 272 | 368 | 96 | 256 | 352 | 192 | 528 | 720 |
| Warm-up sessions, n | 66 | 192 | 258 | 66 | 182 | 248 | 132 | 374 | 506 |
| Game hours* | 396 | 1166 | 1562 | 398 | 1100 | 1498 | 794 | 2266 | 3060 |
| Training hours† | 2446 | 7238 | 9684 | 2497 | 6873 | 9370 | 4943 | 14 111 | 19 054 |
| Total hours (game + training) | 2842 | 8404 | 11 246 | 2895 | 7973 | 10 868 | 5737 | 16 377 | 22 114 |
| Injured players, n | 5 | 22 | 27 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 18 | 49 | 67 |
| Mean age of injured players (SD) | 21.6 (3.4) | 25.1 (5.2) | 24.5 (5.0) | 25.2 (5.7) | 24.8 (4.4) | 24.9 (4.8) | 24.2 (5.3) | 25.0 (4.7) | 24.7 (4.9) |
| All game injuries, n | 5 | 22 | 27 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 17 | 48 | 65 |
| Incidence per 1000 game hours | 12.63 | 18.87 | 17.29 | 30.15 | 23.64 | 25.37 | 21.41 | 21.18 | 21.24 |
| 95 % CI | 1.63 to 23.62 | 11.06 to 26.68 | 10.82 to 23.75 | 13.35 to 46.95 | 14.66 to 32.61 | 17.40 to 33.33 | 11.34 to 31.48 | 15.25 to 27.11 | 16.13 to 26.35 |
| Timeloss game injuries, n | 5 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 17 | 33 | 50 |
| Incidence per 1000 game hours | 12.63 | 13.72 | 13.44 | 30.15 | 15.45 | 19.36 | 21.41 | 14.56 | 16.34 |
| 95 % CI | 1.63 to 23.62 | 7.04 to 20.40 | 7.73 to 19.16 | 13.35 to 46.95 | 8.16 to 22.74 | 12.38 to 26.34 | 11.34 to 31.48 | 9.63 to 19.50 | 11.85 to 20.83 |
| All training injuries, n | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Incidence per 1000 training hours | – | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.40 | 0.15 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.14 | 0.16 |
| 95 % CI | – | 0.00 to 0.41 | 0.00 to 0.31 | 0.00 to 1.19 | 0.00 to 0.43 | 0.00 to 0.51 | 0.00 to 0.60 | 0.00 to 0.34 | 0.00 to 0.34 |
| Timeloss training injuries, n | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Incidence per 1000 training hours | – | – | – | 0.40 | 0.15 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.07 | 0.10 |
| 95% CI | – | – | – | 0.00 to 1.19 | 0.00 to 0.43 | 0.00 to 0.51 | 0.00 to 0.60 | 0 to 0.21 | 0 to 0.25 |
| All reported injuries, n | 5 | 23 | 28 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 18 | 50 | 68 |
| Incidence per 1000 total hours | 1.76 | 2.74 | 2.49 | 4.49 | 3.39 | 3.68 | 3.14 | 3.05 | 3.07 |
| 95% CI | 0.22 to 3.30 | 1.62 to 3.85 | 1.57 to 3.41 | 2.05 to 6.93 | 2.11 to 4.66 | 2.54 to 4.82 | 1.69 to 4.58 | 2.21 to 3.90 | 2.35 to 3.80 |
| All timeloss injuries, n | 5 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 18 | 34 | 52 |
| Incidence per 1000 total hours | 1.76 | 1.90 | 1.87 | 4.49 | 2.26 | 2.85 | 3.14 | 2.08 | 2.35 |
| 95% CI | 0.22 to 3.30 | 0.97 to 2.84 | 1.07 to 2.67 | 2.05 to 6.93 | 1.22 to 3.30 | 1.85 to 3.86 | 1.69 to 4.58 | 1.38 to 2.77 | 1.71 to 2.99 |
*Actual playing time and played overtime.
†Scheduled team practices and game warm-up sessions.
CC, Champions Cup; WFC, World Floorball Championships.