Characteristics and consequences of acute injuries during the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2007 and previous injuries and problems reported retrospectively in the survey carried out earlier the same year
| Referee | Type of injury during Women’s World Cup | Match or training injury | Type and frequency of treatment | Days of reduced training | Previous injuries or problems reported retrospectively in January to May 2007 | |
| Injury | Problem | |||||
| MR1 | Rectus femoris muscle strain | Match | Physiotherapy (8);massage (6);electrotherapy (7) | 10 | Quadriceps strain (ca) | Quadriceps (ca) |
| MR2 | Rectus femoris muscle strain | Match | Physiotherapy (5);massage (6);electrotherapy (4) | 7 | No | No |
| MR3 | Knee ligament sprain (MCL) | Training | Physiotherapy (5) | 4 | Achilles partial tear (12) | Hamstring (lm, 12, ca) |
| Taping (4) | Plantar fascia partial tear (ca) | Achilles (lm, 12, ca) | ||||
| Electrotherapy (4) | Calf (12, ca) | |||||
| Low back (ca) | ||||||
| Knee surgery (ca) | ||||||
| MR4 | Heel contusion | Training | Electrotherapy (4); taping (3) | 2 | No | Knee surgery (ca) |
| MR5 | Calf muscle strain | Training | Physiotherapy (4); massage (5); electrotherapy (4) | 4 | No | No |
| AR1 | Ankle sprain | Match | Physiotherapy (9) | 5 | Adductors (12) | Adductors (12, ca) |
| Taping (8), electrotherapy (7) | Calf (12, ca) | |||||
| AR2 | Hamstring muscle strain | Match | Physiotherapy (6); massage (6); electrotherapy (5) | 9 | No | Knee (12, ca) |
| AR3 | Rectus femoris muscle strain | Match | Physiotherapy (9) | 7 | Calf strain (lm) | Calf (lm, 12, ca) |
| Massage (8) | Achilles partial tear (ca) | Hamstring (12, ca) | ||||
| Electrotherapy (6) | Knee (12, ca) | |||||
| Achilles (ca) | ||||||
| AR4 | Thoracic spine blockage | Training | Physiotherapy (3) | 2 | Hamstring strain (12) | Hamstring (12, ca) |
| Massage (3) | Calf strain (ca) | Calf (ca) | ||||
| AR5 | Rectus femoris muscle strain | Training | Physiotherapy (7) | 5 | No | Quadriceps (12, ca) |
| Massage (5) | Hamstring (12, ca) | |||||
| Electrotherapy (7) | Calf (12, ca) | |||||
| Ankle (12, ca) | ||||||
| Knee (ca) | ||||||
| AR6 | Ankle sprain | Training | Physiotherapy (5); taping (5); electrotherapy (4) | 8 | Hamstring (12) | Hamstring (12, ca) |
| AR7 | Hamstring muscle strain | Training | Physiotherapy (9); massage (8); electrotherapy (5) | 6 | No | Adductors (lm, 12, ca) |
| AR8 | Rectus femoris muscle strain | Training | Physiotherapy (5);, massage (5); electrotherapy (4) | 5 | Quadriceps strain (12) | Quadriceps (12, ca) |
| AR9 | Calf muscle strain | Training | Physiotherapy (11) | 5 | Calf (12) | Hamstring (12, ca) |
| Massage (10) | Calf (12, ca) | |||||
| Electrotherapy (7) | ||||||
12, Previous 12 months; AR, assistant referee; ca, career; lm, last match; MR, match referee.