Table 5 Location of injuries (frequencies-f; percentage-%) among soccer referees on the last match, during the last year and during fitness testing, for match referees (MR), and assistant referees (AR); and for different competitive levels (UEFA referees-UEFA, 1 st National league-1 st , 2 nd National league-2 nd , 3 rd National league
From: A retrospective survey on injuries in Croatian football/soccer referees
|  | Total n = 342 | MR n = 157 | AR n = 185 | UEFA n = 18 | 1stn = 78 | 2ndn = 91 | 3rdn = 155 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | f (%) | f (%) | f (%) | f (%) | f (%) | f (%) | f (%) |
Last match (n = 67 injuries) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Elbow | 1 (1) | 0(0) | 1(3) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 1(4) |
Lower back | 4 (6) | 0(0) | 4(11) | 0(0) | 1(4) | 1(6) | 2(8) |
Abdominal, hip and groin area | 10(14) | 4(13) | 6(17) | 0(0) | 1(4) | 5(28) | 4(16) |
Thigh | 5 (7) | 2(7) | 3(8) | 0(0) | 2(9) | 2(11) | 1(4) |
Knee | 10 (15) | 4(14) | 6(16) | 0(0) | 3(13) | 3(17) | 4(15) |
Lower leg | 9 (13) | 2(7) | 7(19) | 0(0) | 4(17) | 0(0) | 5(19) |
Achilles tendon | 17 (25) | 8(28) | 9(24) | 0(0) | 6(26) | 6(33) | 5(19) |
Ankle and foot | 11 (16) | 9(31) | 1(3) | 0(0) | 6(26) | 1(6) | 4(15) |
Last 12 months (n = 120 injuries) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Head | 1 (1) | 1(2) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 1(3) |
Shoulder | 3 (3) | 0(0) | 3(5) | 0(0) | 1(3) | 1(2) | 1(3) |
Lower back | 14 (12) | 4(7) | 10(17) | 0(0) | 4(11) | 7(16) | 3(9) |
Abdominal, hip and groin area | 17 (14) | 9(14) | 8(13) | 2(34) | 0(0) | 7(14) | 5(15) |
Thigh | 10 (8) | 8(13) | 2(3) | 1(17) | 4(11) | 3(7) | 2(6) |
Knee | 15 (13) | 8(13) | 7(12) | 0(0) | 2(5) | 9(20) | 4(12) |
Lower leg | 21 (18) | 5(8) | 16(27) | 2(33) | 5(14) | 5(11) | 9(27) |
Achilles tendon | 22 (18) | 15(25) | 7(12) | 1(17) | 12(32) | 6(14) | 3(9) |
Ankle and foot | 17 (14) | 11(18) | 6(10) | 0(0) | 6(16) | 6(13) | 5(15) |
During fitness testing (n = 57 injuries) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Head | 3 (5) | 0(0) | 3(9) | 0(0) | 2(8) | 1(6) | 0(0) |
Lower back | 4 (7) | 2(10) | 2(6) | 0(0) | 1(4) | 2(12) | 1(8) |
Abdominal, hip and groin area | 13 (23) | 4(20) | 9(26) | 2(22) | 4(17) | 5(30) | 2(16) |
Thigh | 15 (26) | 8(38) | 7(20) | 1(11) | 8(33) | 3(18) | 3(25) |
Knee | 4 (7) | 1(5) | 3(9) | 0(0) | 2(8) | 1(6) | 1(8) |
Lower leg | 8 (15) | 2(10) | 6(17) | 0(0) | 1(4) | 4(24) | 3(25) |
Achilles tendon | 8 (14) | 3(14) | 5(14) | 0(0) | 6(25) | 1(6) | 1(8) |
Ankle | 1 (2) | 1(5) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 1(8) |