Table 4.
Injury frequencies and incidence rates of lower limb according to season’s period and training or match in the first division Spanish women’s soccer players.
| Location | Pre-Season | Start of Season | Mid-Season | End of Season | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Training | Match | Training | Match | Training | Match | Training | Match | |||||||||
| N | IR (95% CI) | N | IR (95% CI) | N | IR (95% CI) | N | IR (95% CI) | N | IR (95% CI) | N | IR (95% CI) | N | IR (95% CI) | N | IR (95% CI) | |
| Lower limb | 5 | 1.66 (0.61, 3.67) |
9 | 16.33 (7.97, 29.97) * |
16 | 1.90 (1.12, 3.10) |
7 | 7.58 (3.31, 14.99) * |
14 | 2.00 (1.14, 3.27) |
23 | 23.12 (15.01, 34.14) * | 4 | 0.45 (0.14, 1.08) |
17 | 15.41 (9.28, 24.18) * |
| Hip/groin | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.12 (0.01, 0.58) |
1 | 1.08 (0.05, 5.34) |
2 | 0.29 (0.05, 0.94) |
1 | 1.01 (0.05, 4.96) |
- | - | - | - |
| Thigh | 3 | 0.99 (0.25, 2.70) |
5 | 9.07 (3.32, 20.11) * |
2 | 0.24 (0.04, 0.78) |
1 | 1.08 (0.05, 5.34) |
4 | 0.57 (0.18, 1.38) |
4 | 4.02 (1.28, 9.70) |
1 | 0.11 (0.01, 0.55) |
3 | 2.72 (0.69, 7.40) * |
| Hamstring | 2 | 0.66 (0.11, 2.19) |
3 | 5.44 (1.38, 14.82) |
1 | 0.12 (0.01, 0.58) |
1 | 1.08 (0.05, 5.34) |
2 | 0.29 (0.05, 0.94) |
2 | 2.01 (0.34, 6.64) |
1 | 0.11 (0.01, 0.55) |
2 | 1.81 (0.30, 5.99) |
| Quadriceps | 1 | 0.33 (0.02, 1.63) |
2 | 3.63 (0.61, 11.99) |
1 | 0.12 (0.01, 0.58) |
- | - | 2 | 0.29 (0.05, 0.94) |
2 | 2.01 (0.34, 6.64) |
- | - | 1 | 0.91 (0.05, 4.47) |
| Knee | 1 | 0.33 (0.02, 1.63) |
2 | 3.63 (0.61, 11.99) |
4 | 0.47 (0.15, 1.14) |
1 | 1.08 (0.05, 5.34) |
2 | 0.29 (0.05, 0.94) |
10 | 10.05 (5.11, 17.91) * | 1 | 0.11 (0.01, 0.55) |
8 | 7.25 (3.67, 13.77) * |
| ACL | 1 | 0.33 (0.02, 1.63) |
1 | 1.81 (0.09, 8.95) |
- | - | - | - | 2 | 0.29 (0.05, 0.94) |
2 | 2.01 (0.34, 6.64) |
- | - | 5 | 4.53 (1.66, 10.05) |
| MCL | - | - | 1 | 1.81 (0.09, 8.95) |
2 | 0.24 (0.04, 0.78) |
1 | 1.08 (0.05, 5.34) |
- | - | 3 | 3.02 (0.77, 8.21) |
1 | 0.11 (0.01, 0.55) |
3 | 2.72 (0.69, 7.40) |
| Meniscus | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0.24 (0.04, 0.78) |
- | - | - | - | 5 | 5.03 (1.84, 11.14) |
- | - | - | - |
| Lower leg | 1 | 0.33 (0.02, 1.63) |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2.01 (0.34, 6.64) |
- | - | 1 | 0.91 (0.05, 4.47) |
| Ankle | - | - | 1 | 1.81 (0.09, 8.95) |
9 | 1.07 (0.52, 1.96) |
4 | 4.33 (1.38, 10.44) |
5 | 0.71 (0.26, 1.58) |
5 | 5.03 (1.84, 11.14) * | 1 | 0.11 (0.01, 0.55) |
5 | 4.53 (1.66, 10.05) * |
| Foot | - | - | 1 | 1.81 (0.09, 8.95) |
- | - | - | - | 2 | 0.29 (0.05, 0.94) |
2 | 2.01 (0.34, 6.64) |
1 | 0.11 (0.01, 0.55) |
- | - |
N: frequencies of injuries; IR: incidence rate (per 1000 h of exposure); CI: confidence intervals; ACL: anterior cruciate ligament; MCL: medial collateral ligament. * Significant differences between training and match (p = 0.05).