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. 2021 Apr 12;51(7):1377–1399. doi: 10.1007/s40279-021-01458-1

Table 6.

Incidence of injury in adult female soccer players.

Adapted from López-Valenciano et al. [56] and Robles-Palazón et al. [55], with permission

Reference Study duration (weeks) N Teams Exposure (h) Injuries Incidence (per 1000 h)
Country/tournament (Players) Overall Training Match Overall Training Match Overall Training Match

Babwah [200]

Trinidad and Tobago—2009

16 16 (320) 941 29 27.6

Becker et al. [201]

Germany—2000/2001

36 12 (254) 86,746 216 2.5

Ekstrand et al. [202]

Sweden—2003/2008

256 5 (154) 48,404 314 6.5

Elias et al. [203]

USA—2011

390 – (–) 21,805 232 10.6

Engström et al. [204]

Sweden

39 2 (41) 6500 4142 2041 78 29 49 12.0 7.0 24.0

Faude et al. [205]

Germany—2003/2004

38 9 (165) 35,310 30,195 5115 241 6.9

Fuller et al. [206]

USA—2005/2006

96 136 (–) 324,751 280,496 44,255 1720 774 946 5.3 2.8 21.4

Gaulrapp et al. [207]

Germany

44 12 (254) 75,438 67,056 8382 246 91 155 3.3 1.4 18.5

Giza et al. [78]

USA—2001/2002

78 8 (202) 89,637 173 1.9 1.2 12.6

Hägglund et al. [195]

Switzerland/U19 EC—2006

2 8 (144) 1707 1210 497 23 9 14 13.5 7.4 28.2

Hägglund et al. [195]

Iceland/U19 EC—2007

2 8 (144) 1407 906 501 12 1 11 8.5 1.1 22.0

Hägglund et al. [195]

France /U19 EC– 2007

2 8 (145) 1635 1121 514 8 2 6 4.9 1.8 11.7

Jacobson et al. [67]

Sweden—2005

34 18 (253) 23,854 11,428 10,000 229 96 133 9.6 8.4 13.3

Jacobson et al. [67]

Sweden—2000

43 12 (195) 51,522 44,815 8345 237 121 116 4.6 2.7 13.9

Junge et al. [196]

FIFA WCs—1999/2011

16 64 (1312) 4224 95 22.5

Junge et al. [196]

OG Tournaments—2000/2012

12 128 (828) 2904 81 27.9

Junge et al. [196]

FIFA U19/U20 WCs—2002/2012

12 360 (1812) 5940 175 29.5

Larruskain et al. [208]

Spain—2010/2015

260 1 (35) 25,394 21,850 3544 160 75 80 6.3 3.4 22.6

Maehlum et al. [209]

IT Norway—1984

1 332 (–) 3440 8218 145 17.6

Nilstad et al. [210]

Norway—2009

32 9 (159) 66,387 53,157 12,694 232 135 97 3.5 2.5 7.6

Östenberg et al. [75]

Sweden—1996

281 8 (123) 9745 7027 2727 65 26 39 6.7 3.7 14.3

Owoeye et al. [211]

Nigeria—2012

4 10 (300) 759 6 7.9

Tegnander et al. [212]

Norway—2001

28 10 (181) 30,619 3663 189 100 89 6.2 3.7 24.3

Waldén et al. [213]

England/ EC—2005

2 8 (160) 1820 507 18 3 15 9.9 2.3 29.6