Table 4

Injury risk associated with accumulated workloads over 1–4 weeks

No. of weeks accumulated		1			2			3			4
No. of weeks accumulated		NC	C	Overall	NC	C	Overall	NC	C	Overall	NC	C	Overall
TD (m)	Very low	0.49	0.67	0.28	1.38	0.94	1.19	1.55	2.17	1.81	0.92	1.28	1.07
	Low	0.94	0.16	0.59	1.11	1.01	1.07	1.26	0.32	0.84	2.18*	0.66	1.49
	Low to moderate	1.51	0.85	1.20	1.03	0.86	0.95	1.00	0.69	0.86	0.97	0.63	0.82
	Moderate to high	0.80	2.09*	1.22	1.10	1.73	1.33	0.96	1.55	1.18	0.81	1.79	1.13
	High	0.84	0.93	0.88	0.57	0.18	0.40*	0.66	0.68	0.67	0.92	0.48	0.73
	Very high	1.01	1.39	1.17	1.29	1.78	1.50	1.52	2.11	1.77	0.86	2.57	1.07
LID (m)	Very low	0.40	0.55	0.23	1.32	0.89	1.14	0.51	2.23	1.20	0.91	1.26	1.06
	Low	0.81	0.34	0.60	1.15	1.34	1.23	1.55	0.32	1.00	1.27	0.66	1.00
	Low to moderate	1.17	1.11	1.15	0.98	1.19	1.06	1.06	0.88	0.98	1.36	0.95	1.18
	Moderate to high	1.14	1.65	1.34	1.15	1.13	1.14	0.77	1.30	0.97	0.70	1.32	0.93
	High	0.84	0.93	0.88	0.58	0.38	0.49	1.02	0.92	0.98	1.07	0.70	0.91
	Very high	1.01	0.65	0.58	1.18	0.76	0.68	2.63	0.83	1.50	0.86	1.18	0.50
HSD (m)	Very low	2.61	3.57	1.52	3.23	1.01	1.83	0.44	0.60	0.25	1.43	0.97	1.23
	Low	1.15	0.17	0.70	1.46	0.59	1.07	1.52	0.85	1.22	1.49	0.70	1.14
	Low to moderate	0.86	1.07	0.94	0.92	1.58	1.16	0.99	1.36	1.34	0.87	1.00	0.92
	Moderate to high	1.16	1.33	1.23	0.89	0.99	0.93	0.74	0.79	0.76	0.98	0.82	0.91
	High	1.33	1.61	1.44	0.76	0.40	0.60	1.59	0.89	1.28	0.65	1.46	1.19
	Very high	0.24	0.68	0.28	0.78	2.22	1.37	0.36	2.18	0.89	0.49	2.45	1.00
SD (m)	Very low
	Low	1.10	0.13	0.60	1.20	0.78	1.02	1.29	0.44	0.88	1.83	0.65	1.29
	Low to moderate	1.16	1.31	1.22	1.16	0.90	1.04	1.00	1.19	1.04	1.06	1.22	1.13
	Moderate to high	1.08	1.16	1.12	1.01	1.24	1.10	1.23	0.72	0.98	0.98	0.59	0.62
	High	0.82	0.85	0.83	0.41	0.87	0.60	0.36	1.76	1.16	0.65	1.39	1.14
	Very high	0.23	1.36	0.55	0.96	1.34	1.12	0.97	1.32	0.82	0.49	2.15	1.16
Acc (no.)	Very low	0.45	0.61	0.26	1.18	0.80	1.02	0.48	2.10	1.13	1.28	1.16	1.23
	Low	0.93	0.33	0.67	1.18	1.06	1.13	1.50	0.64	1.12	1.06	0.71	0.91
	Low to moderate	1.08	1.62	1.29	1.31	1.89	1.53*	1.10	0.92	1.02	0.99	1.00	0.99
	Moderate to high	1.28	0.74	1.03	0.85	0.68	0.78	0.81	1.10	0.92	1.04	1.41	1.18
	High	0.70	1.45	0.99	0.56	0.37	0.48	1.02	0.67	0.87	0.85	0.22	0.57
	Very high	1.12	1.54	1.30	1.71	2.36	1.98	2.14	2.96	2.48	1.39	4.24	1.76
Dec (no.)	Very low	0.50	0.69	0.29	1.32	0.89	1.14	0.48	0.72	1.15	1.39	1.17	0.98
	Low	1.04	0.32	0.71	0.91	1.61	1.19	1.40	0.60	1.05	1.09	0.73	0.94
	Low to moderate	0.89	2.04*	1.29	1.11	1.34	1.20	1.21	0.92	1.08	1.03	1.08	1.05
	Moderate to high	1.31	0.55	0.94	1.13	0.79	0.97	0.69	1.14	0.86	1.08	1.31	1.17
	High	0.84	1.46	1.09	0.55	0.37	0.47	1.18	0.65	0.95	0.84	0.22	0.56
	Very high	1.06	1.47	1.23	1.64	2.27	1.91	2.04	2.82	2.37	1.30	3.96	1.64

Acc, number of accelerations; Dec, number of decelerations; HSD, high-speed distances in metres; LID, low-intensity distance in metres (m); SD, sprint distance in metres; TD, total distance in metres, N, non-contact injury; C, contact injury, *, p<0.05; **, p<0.01 .