Table 3

 Number of injuries and injury incidence (number of injuries per 1000 hours of exposure) in elite European professional footballers

No of injuriesInjury incidence
MeanSD95% CI
Values in parentheses are percentages.
Training
    Pre-season75 (11)5.23.72.7 to 7.6
    Competitive season223 (34)4.82.23.4 to 6.3
    Total season298 (45)5.82.13.6 to 6.4
Match
    Pre-season54 (8)28.615.018.5 to 38.7
    Competitive season306 (47)30.912.122.8 to 39.0
    Total season360 (55)30.511.023.1 to 37.9
Total
    Pre-season129 (20)8.23.55.8 to 10.5
    Competitive season529 (80)9.73.97.1 to 12.3
    Total season658 (100)9.43.27.3 to 11.5