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Table 6 Type 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 = 159

AR n = 183

UEFA n = 18

1stn = 78

2ndn = 91

3rdn = 155

 

f (%)

f (%)

f (%)

f (%)

f (%)

f (%)

f (%)

Last match (n = 65 injuries)

       

Fracture

1 (2)

0(0)

1(3)

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

1(4)

Dislocation

1 (2)

0(0)

1(0)

0(0)

0(0)

1(5)

0(0)

Sprain

8 (12)

7(22)

1(0)

0(0)

3(9)

1(5)

4(17)

Ligament injury

8 (12)

4(13)

4(0)

0(0)

1(3)

3(15)

4(17)

Lesion of meniscus or cartilage

5 (8)

2(6)

3(0)

0(0)

2(6)

1(5)

2(8)

Muscle rupture/tear

4 (6)

2(6)

2(0)

0(0)

2(6)

1(5)

1(4)

Muscle strain

11 (17)

3(9)

8(0)

0(0)

5(16)

2(10)

4(17)

Tendon injury/strain

16 (25)

10(31)

6(0)

0(0)

2(6)

8(40)

6(25)

Tendinitis/bursitis

8 (12)

4(13)

4(0)

0(0)

5(16)

1(5)

2(8)

Contusion/hematoma

2 (3)

0(0)

1(0)

0(0)

1(3)

1(5)

0(0)

Laceration

1 (2)

0(0)

1(0)

0(0)

0(0)

1(5)

0(0)

Last 12 months (n = 110 injuries)

       

Concussion

1 (1)

0(0)

1(2)

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

1(3)

Fracture

1 (1)

0(0)

1(2)

0(0)

1(3)

0(0)

0(0)

Dislocation

3 (3)

1(2)

2(3)

0(0)

0(0)

1(2)

2(6)

Sprain

12 (10)

8(15)

4(6)

0(0)

3(8)

4(10)

5(14)

Ligament injury

9 (7)

2(4)

7(11)

0(0)

1(3)

4(10)

4(11)

Lesion of meniscus or cartilage

7 (6)

4(7)

3(5)

0(0)

2(5)

2(5)

3(9)

Muscle rupture/tear

9 (8)

5(9)

4(6)

2(33)

3(8)

2(5)

2(6)

Muscle strain

32 (29)

11(20)

21(33)

2(33)

10(27)

12(29)

8(23)

Tendon injury/strain

20 (18)

15(27)

5(8)

2(33)

6(16)

8(20)

4(11)

Tendinitis/bursitis

18 (16)

8(15)

10(16)

0(0)

8(22)

6(15)

4(11)

Contusion/hematoma

3 (3)

1(2)

2(3)

0(0)

1(3)

2(5)

1(3)

Nerve injury

3 (3)

0(0)

3(5)

0(0)

2(5)

0(0)

1(3)

During fitness testing (n = 56 injuries)

       

Concussion

1 (2)

0(0)

1(3)

0(0)

1(4)

0(0)

0(0)

Dizziness

2 (4)

0(0)

2(6)

0(0)

1(4)

1(6)

0(0)

Fracture

1 (2)

1(5)

0(0)

0(0)

1(4)

0(0)

0(0)

Sprain

1 (2)

1(5)

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

1(8)

Lesion of meniscus or cartilage

2 (4)

1(5)

1(3)

0(0)

2(8)

0(0)

0(0)

Muscle rupture/tear

3 (5)

1(5)

2(6)

0(0)

1(4)

2(12)

0(0)

Muscle strain

33 (59)

13(59)

20(59)

3(100)

12(50)

11(65)

7(58)

Tendon injury/strain

3 (5)

2(9)

1(3)

0(0)

2(8)

1(6)

0(0)

Tendinitis/bursitis

6 (11)

1(5)

5(15)

0(0)

4(17)

0(0)

2(17)

Contusion/hematoma

2 (4)

1(5)

1(3)

0(0)

0(0)

1(6)

1(8)

Nerve injury

2 (4)

1(5)

1(3)

0(0)

0(0)

1(6)

1(8)