Table 7

Checklist of issues that should be included in reports of studies of football injuries (amended from Fuller et al)39

Studies
McNoe and Chalmers54 Jacobson and Tegner50 Ibikunle et al 49 Babwah48 Nilstad et al 23 Giza et al 15 Ekstrand et al 12 Gaulrapp et al 17 Hägglund et al 51 Tegnander et al 26 Jacobson and Tegner18 Faude et al 14 Hägglund et al 51 Waldén et al 27 Junge and Dvorak19 Junge et al 53 Junge et al 52
Study design✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Duration of study✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Organisational setting✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Geographical location✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
No of teams✗✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✗✗✗
No of players✓✓✓✗✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✗✗✗
Age range of players✓✓✓✗✗✗✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✗✗✗✗
Gender of players✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Level of play✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Medical personnel involved✗✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✗✓✓✓✓✓✓
Frequency of recording injuries✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✗✗✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Frequency of recording exposure data✓✓✗✗✓✗✓✓✓✗✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Training to improve the quality of data collection✓✓✓✗✓✗✓✗✓✗✓✗✓✓✓✓✗
Definition of injury✓✓✓✓✓✗✓✓✓✗✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Definition of exposure✓✓✗✗✓✓✓✗✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✗✓
No of match exposures✗✗✓✓✗✗✓✗✓✓✓✗✓✓✗✓✓
No of match injuries✓✓✓✓✓✗✓✓✓✓✓✗✓✓✓✓✓
No of training exposures✗✗✓✗✗✗✓✗✓✓✓✗✓✓✗✗✗
No of training injuries✓✓✓✗✓✗✓✓✓✓✓✗✓✓✗✗✗