Table 2

Team exposure and injury characteristics from the 2001/2002 to 2011/2012 season

	2001/2002	2002/2003	2003/2004	2004/2005	2005/2006	2006/2007	2007/2008	2008/2009	2009/2010	2010/2011	2011/2012	Total
Number of teams	11	9	11	9	17	17	14	14	18	20	20	160
Team squad size	23±2	23±3	23±3	23±3	23±2	24±3	25±3	26±3	25±3	26±3	26±3	25±3
Training sessions,* mean±SD	230±21	227±23	214±24	224±22	210±27	227±19	226±21	240±30	225±24	223±24	218±29	224±25
Matches,* mean±SD	59±10	63±6	62±4	62±4	61±6	61±6	62±5	61±6	62±4	62±5	61±5	61±6
Training attendance (%)	76	78	76	77	78	76	75	75	78	77	77	77
Match availability (%)	84	87	86	87	86	86	84	85	86	86	85	86
Training injuries,† mean±SD	30±14	20±9	22±14	19±7	19±10	26±12	27±10	23±10	21±11	22±13	20±9	23±11
Match injuries,† mean±SD	35±14	34±12	31±14	28±13	31±14	34±14	34±11	28±9	26±7	27±11	26±12	30±12
Total no. of injuries,† mean±SD	65±20	54±18	53±20	48±19	50±22	60±24	61±18	51±16	47±15	49±21	46±18	53±20
Days of absence due to injury,† mean±SD	977±288	840±387	788±329	791±274	860±342	927±335	958±293	953±293	843±365	892±336	836±274	881±317
Severe injuries,† mean±SD	10±4	8±5	8±4	6±3	9±5	9±3	10±4	8±4	9±3	8±4	9±4	9±4
Muscle injuries,† mean±SD	22±8	20±8	21±8	18±7	20±9	21±8	19±8	17±8	17±9	18±10	17±7	19±8
Ligament injuries,† mean±SD	14±6	10±4	9±5	11±7	10±5	11±11	9±4	8±4	7±4	8±3	7±3	9±6
Reinjuries (%)	16	10	11	12	10	11	12	12	10	14	11	12
Non-contact training injuries (%)				82	81	79	78	80	79	83	78	80
Non-contact match injuries (%)				58	56	53	54	52	58	59	62	57

*Each team's season data were adjusted to 11 months of activity.
†Each team's season data were adjusted to a squad size of 25 players and 11 months of activity.