Length of time in pre-functional and functional rehabilitation as a function of risk factors (n = 118)
| Risk factor | No ofinjuries | Time in rehabilitation (days) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-functional | Functional | Total | ||
| Values are mean (95% confidence interval). | ||||
| *Numbers of injuries in individual categories are too small to provide meaningful values. | ||||
| Age | ||||
| <20 | 31 | 12.0 (6.0 to 18.0) | 7.5 (5.0 to 10.0) | 19.5 (12.6 to 26.4) |
| 20–24 | 24 | 12.5 (2.9 to 22.1) | 7.1 (3.4 to 10.8) | 19.6 (8.1 to 31.1) |
| 25–29 | 24 | 11.4 (5.6 to 17.2) | 8.5 (4.1 to 12.5) | 19.9 (10.4 to 29.4) |
| 30–34 | 36 | 12.3 (9.1 to 15.5) | 8.0 (5.5 to 10.5) | 20.3 (15.4 to 25.2) |
| >34 | 3 | * | * | * |
| Activity | ||||
| Match | 63 | 12.3 (10.1 to 15.4) | 8.2 (6.0 to 10.4) | 20.5 (15.7 to 25.3) |
| Training | 55 | 12.3 (7.1 to 17.4) | 7.3 (5.2 to 9.4) | 19.6 (13.5 to 25.7) |
| Playing position | ||||
| Goalkeeper | 6 | 25.2 (3.3 to 47.1) | 6.2 (2.3 to 10.1) | 31.3 (7.7 to 54.9) |
| Defender | 54 | 11.4 (8.1 to 14.7) | 8.6 (5.9 to 11.3) | 20.0 (14.6 to 25.4) |
| Midfielder | 32 | 13.5 (6.1 to 20.9) | 7.9 (5.5 to 10.3) | 21.4 (12.9 to 29.9) |
| Forward | 26 | 9.7 (5.5 to 13.9) | 6.1 (3.8 to 8.4) | 15.8 (9.6 to 22.0) |
| Injury | ||||
| New | 111 | 12.3 (9.2 to 15.4) | 7.7 (6.1 to 9.3) | 20.0 (16.0 to 24.0) |
| Recurrent | 7 | 12.0 (2.6 to 21.4) | 8.3 (3.0 to 13.6) | 20.3 (6.1 to 34.4) |