Study | Athlete level | Injury definition | Injury category | Training exposure hours | Training injury prevalence | Skin injury prevalence | No of skin injuries (proportion, %) |
Brooks et al 22 | Professional | TL-1D | Laceration & skin | 196 409 | 2.0 | 0.02 | 4 (1.0) |
Brooks et al 23 | Professional | TL-1D | Laceration & skin | 7928 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 (0) |
Fuller et al 24 | Professional | TL-1D | Laceration | 17 046 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 (0) |
Fuller et al 27 | Professional | TL-1D | Laceration | 15 628 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 (0) |
Schwellnus et al 30 | Professional | TL-1D | Skin | 15 828 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 (0) |
Bird et al 21 | Amateur | TL-IM & MA | Laceration | 12 980 | 8.7 | 0.23 | 3 (2.7) |
Kerr et al 29 | Amateur | TL-1D | Laceration | 72 039 | 3.7 | 0.14 | 10 (3.8) |
Prevalence is reported as injuries per 1000 training hours.
MA, medical attention; TL-1D, time-loss, 1 day; TL-IM, time-loss immediately.