A comparison of FIFA World Cup 2002, 2006 and 2010 – the use of medication per match and per tournament.
| 2010 | 2006* | 2002* | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No of players | No of players | No of players | ||||||||||
| Per match | During tournament | Per match | During tournament | Per match | During tournament | |||||||
| (n=2944) | (%) | (n=736) | (%) | (n=2944) | (%) | (n=736) | (%) | (n=2944) | (%) | (n=736) | (%) | |
| Any medication | 1418 | 48.2% | 528 | 71.7% | 1257 | 42.7% | 508 | 69.0% | 1335 | 45.3% | 500 | 67.9% |
| NSAIDs | 1020 | 34.6% | 403 | 54.8% | 855 | 29.0% | 399 | 54.2% | 960 | 32.6% | 403 | 54.8% |
| Injections* | 96 | 3.3% | 54 | 7.3% | 103 | 3.5% | 58 | 7.9% | 120 | 4.1% | 77 | 10.5% |
| Analgesics | 189 | 6.4% | 109 | 14.8% | 108 | 3.7% | 83 | 11.3% | 131 | 4.4% | 91 | 12.4% |
| β-2 agonists | 58 | 2.0% | 20 | 2.7% | 31 | 1.1% | 12 | 1.6% | 34 | 1.2% | 8 | 1.1% |
| Antihistamines | 64 | 2.2% | 42 | 5.7% | 106 | 3.6% | 55 | 7.5% | 60 | 2.0% | 43 | 5.8% |
| Any supplement | 1019 | 34.6% | 353 | 48.0% | 1041 | 35.4% | 317 | 43.1% | 925 | 31.4% | 314 | 42.7% |
↵* Corticosteroid and local anaesthetic injections only.3
NSAID, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.