Table 5

Injury risks associated with (A) acute:chronic workload ratios overall, (B) acute:chronic workload ratios combined with high chronic workloads and (C) acute:chronic workload ratios combined with low chronic workloads

		A				B				C
		NC	C	Overall		NC	C	Overall		NC	C	Overall
TD (m)	Very low							2.04
	Low	0.35	0.11	0.19*				0.16		0.59		0.35
	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
	Low to moderate	1.32	0.69	1.01				1.01		1.56		1.22
	Moderate to high	0.91	2.03*	1.31				1.18		0.48		0.90
	High	0.29	1.72	0.87				1.86		0.50		0.96
	Very high	3.67*	0.88	2.40*				0.80		4.50*		2.61
LID (m)	Very low							2.79
	Low	0.39	0.25	0.33				0.30		0.25		0.16
	Low to moderate	0.83	0.48	0.66				0.80		1.15		1.00
	Moderate to high	1.52	2.60*	1.91*				2.08*		0.85		1.13
	High	0.16	1.40	0.57				0.59		0.23		0.58
	Very high	3.93*	0.94	2.56*						5.39*		2.76*
HSD (m)	Very low
	Low	1.35	0.26	0.85				0.80		1.67		0.97
	Low to moderate	0.92	1.64	1.18				0.84		1.73		1.78
	Moderate to high	1.20	0.80	1.02				1.36		0.70		0.72
	High	0.52	1.07	0.75				1.36		0.39		0.48
	Very high	0.66	0.88	0.76				0.38		0.39		0.51
SD (m)	Very low
	Low	1.05	0.15	0.57				0.24		1.25		0.75
	Low to moderate	0.72	1.40	0.96				1.68		0.66		0.83
	Moderate to high	1.10	1.12	1.11				0.65		1.31		1.40
	High	1.36	0.86	1.14				1.78		1.34		1.10
	Very high	1.96	0.82	1.46				0.58		1.01		0.63
Acc (no.)	Very low							3.50
	Low	0.42	0.27	0.35				0.35		0.18		0.11
	Low to moderate	0.79	0.80	0.79				0.84		1.54		1.49
	Moderate to high	1.40	1.81	1.57*				1.37		0.60		0.75
	High	0.33	0.90	0.57				1.27		0.28		0.71
	Very high	3.86*	0.92	2.52*				1.12		5.90**		3.18*
Dec (no.)	Very low							3.59
	Low	0.44	0.28	0.37				0.18		0.16		0.09
	Low to moderate	0.88	0.80	0.85				0.98		1.41		1.40
	Moderate to high	1.23	1.99*	1.52				1.31		0.71		0.86
	High	0.34	0.45	0.39				1.29		0.25		0.64
	Very high	3.73*	0.89	2.44*				0.88		6.58**		3.47*

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