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. 2023 Mar 3;9:20. doi: 10.1186/s40798-023-00563-x

Table 5.

(Inter)national comparison of overall, match, and training IRs

References League(s), Nr. of team(s) of the respective league Season(s), n = number of included seasons Overall IR per 1000 football hours Match IR per 1000 match hours Training IR per 1000 training hours
Current study media-based

1st German

18/18

2014/15–2020/21

n = 7

5.5 25.9 3.4
Bjorneboe, Bahr [6]

1st Norwegian

14/14

2002–2007

n = 6

4.8 Not provided Not provided
Noya Salces, Gomez-Carmona [9]

1st Spanish

16/20

2008/09

n = 1

5.7 43.5 3.6
Stubbe, van Beijsterveldt [3]

1st Dutch

8/18

2009/10

n = 1

6.2 32.8 2.8
Hagglund, Walden [32]

1st Swedish

11/14

2005

n = 1

7.7 28.1 4.7
Hagglund, Walden [8]

1st Swedish

12/14

2001–2002

n = 2

7.1/8.2 22.7/25.9 5.1/5.3
Hagglund, Walden [7]

1st Danish

8/12

January–June 2001

2nd leg of one season

14.4 28.2 11.2
Orhant, Chapellier [31]

1st French

20/20,

16 teams participating in both seasons

2018/19,

2020/21

n = 2

Not provided 24.4/29.4 Not provided
Lopez-Valenciano, Ruiz-Perez [33] 1st French, Spanish, Italian, English, and German (pooled data) Systematic review and meta-analysis, studies until February 2018 included 7.6 35.5 3.6

Ekstrand, Spreco [34]

UEFA-ECIS

UEFA Champions League (the best 1st league clubs of 10 European countries)

2001/02–2018/19

n = 18

6.6 23.8 3.4
aus der Fünten, Faude [4]

1st and 2nd German

5/18 1st, 2/18 2nd league

2008/09–2009/10

2nd legs of two seasons

5.9/6.6 26.5/31.5 2.7/4.0

Faude, Meyer [5]

media-based

1st German

18/18

2005/06

n = 1

Not provided 37.5 Not provided

IR injury incidence rate; ECIS Elite Club Injury Study of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)