Table 1.
Injury incidence and injury burden for teams that had their 2019/20 season postponed and cancelled following the COVID-19 lockdown with corresponding data from 2015–2019
| Period of season | 2019/20 season postponed (14 teams) |
2019/20 season cancelled (5 teams) |
2015–2019 (mean (SD) 34 ± 3 teams) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January to March 2020 | |||
| Training injury incidence (IQR) | 3.0 (1.9–3.3) | 3.4 (2.5–4.6) | 2.8 (2.7–2.9) |
| Match injury incidence (IQR) | 22.5 (16.8–24.2) | 24.0 (4.6–31.7) | 22.0 (20.5–23.1) |
| Training injury burden (IQR) | 79 (30–155) | 33 (23–49) | 51 (48–60) |
| Match injury burden (IQR) | 582 (324–922) | 457 (181–545) | 426 (422–427) |
| Restart of the 2019/20 season* | |||
| Training injury incidence (IQR) | 4.1 (3.2–6.1) | N/A | 3.0 (2.4–3.3) |
| Match injury incidence (IQR) | 20.0 (11.0–22.2) | N/A | 20.4 (17.9–22.6) |
| Training injury burden (IQR) | 124 (69–191) | N/A | 42 (38–43) |
| Match injury burden (IQR) | 355 (182–508) | N/A | 452 (394–515) |
| Start of the 2020/21 season† | |||
| Training injury incidence (IQR) | 3.3 (2.5–4.2) | 3.7 (3.4–4.2) | 2.7 (2.5–3.0) |
| Match injury incidence (IQR) | 21.0 (14.8–34.0) | 19.8 (15.7–19.4) | 21.1 (20.6–21.3) |
| Training injury burden (IQR) | 56 (38–74) | 62 (27–79) | 57 (57–67) |
| Match injury burden (IQR) | 449 (158–692) | 532 (365–632) | 534 (534–555) |
| Full calendar year | |||
| Training injury incidence (IQR) | 3.4 (2.7–4.1) | 3.6 (3.1–3.8) | 2.7 (2.7–2.9) |
| Match injury incidence (IQR) | 21.2 (16.6–24.6) | 20.6 (11.4–21.9) | 20.8 (20.5–21.4) |
| Training injury burden (IQR) | 83 (61–103) | 59 (54–65) | 52 (45–59) |
| Match injury burden (IQR) | 469 (331–665) | 485 (402–461) | 484 (476–509) |
Injury incidence is presented as the number of injuries per 1000 h and injury burden as the number of injury absence days per 1000 h. Injury incidence is presented with one decimal and injury burden (days) without
IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation
*April to July for teams that had their 2019/20 season postponed and April–May for 2015–2019
†September to December for teams that had their 2019/20 season postponed and August to December for both teams that had their 2019/20 season cancelled and for teams 2015–2019