Table 2 Prevalence of injuries (frequency-f; percentage-%; 95% CI-95% confidence interval) among soccer referees during the last match, the last year and during fitness testing, and Kruskal Wallis analysis of the differences (* denotes significant differences) between qualitative levels (UEFA referees-UEFA, 1 st National league-1 st , 2 nd National league-2 nd , 3 rd National league), within match referees (MR), and within assistant referees (AR)
From: A retrospective survey on injuries in Croatian football/soccer referees
| Â | Last match | Last year | During fitness testing | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | f (%) | 95% CI | f (%) | 95% CI | f (%) | 95% CI |
MR | 29 (18) | 0.13–0.25 | 46(29)* | 0.23–0.37 | 21(13) | 0.05–0.14 |
AR | 31 (17) | 0.12–0.22 | 55(30)* | 0.23–0.37 | 35(19)* | 0.14–0.25 |
UEFA MR | 0(0) | - | 3(50) | 0.19–0.81 | 0(0) | - |
UEFA AR | 0(0) | - | 1(8) | 0.01–0.35 | 3(25) | 0.09–0.53 |
1st MR | 8(26) | 0.13–0.43 | 12(39) | 0.24–0.56 | 7(23) | 0.11–0.40 |
1st AR | 11(23) | 0.13–0.37 | 21(45) | 0.31–0.58 | 17(36) | 0.24–0.50 |
2nd MR | 8(17) | 0.01–0.31 | 17(38) | 0.25–0.52 | 8(18) | 0.09–0.31 |
2nd AR | 8(17) | 0.09–0.30 | 14(30) | 0.19–0.45 | 9(20) | 0.10–0.33 |
3rd MR | 13(17) | 0.10–0.27 | 14(19) | 0.11–0.29 | 6(8) | 0.04–0.16 |
3rd AR | 12(15) | 0.12–0.29 | 19(24) | 0.16–0.34 | 6(8) | 0.03–0.15 |