Players’ and coaches’ attitude towards injury and illness prevention
| High risk | Some risk | Low risk | No risk | |||
| How much at risk are footballers to injuries in general? | ||||||
| Players | IG (n=107) | 50 (47) | 55 (51) | 2 (2) | 0 (0) | |
| CG (n=143) | 71 (50) | 69 (48) | 2 (1) | 1 (1) | ||
| Coaches | IG (n=8) | 6 (75) | 2 (25) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| CG (n=9) | 7 (78) | 2 (22) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
| How much at risk are footballers to sustain an overuse injury? | ||||||
| Players | IG (n=107) | 54 (51) | 50 (47) | 3 (3) | 0 (0) | |
| CG (n=143) | 84 (59) | 55 (39) | 3 (2) | 1 (1) | ||
| Coaches | IG (n=8) | 7 (88) | 1 (13) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| CG (n=9) | 6 (67) | 3 (33) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
| How much at risk are footballers to incur an illness? | ||||||
| Players | IG (n=107) | 9 (8) | 63 (59) | 32 (30) | 3 (3) | |
| CG (n=143) | 16 (11) | 74 (52) | 47 (33) | 6 (4) | ||
| Coaches | IG (n=8) | 3 (38) | 3 (38) | 2 (25) | 0 (0) | |
| CG (n=9) | 0 (0) | 6 (67) | 3 (33) | 0 (0) | ||
| Load management can reduce injuries in general | Strongly agree | Agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | |
| Players | IG (n=107) | 54 (51) | 46 (43) | 7 (7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| CG (n=143) | 82 (57) | 45 (32) | 15 (11) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | |
| Coaches | IG (n=8) | 8 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| CG (n=9) | 9 (100.) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Load management can reduce overuse injury | ||||||
| Players | IG (n=107) | 63 (59) | 40 (37) | 4 (4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| CG (n=143) | 101 (71) | 34 (24) | 7 (5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Coaches | IG (n=8) | 8 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| CG (n=9) | 8 (89) | 1 (11) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Load management can reduce illness | ||||||
| Players | IG (n=107) | 28 (26) | 49 (46) | 29 (7) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| CG (n=143) | 41 (29) | 53 (37) | 45 (32) | 3 (2) | 1 (1) | |
| Coaches | IG (n=8) | 3 (38) | 3 (38) | 2 (25) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| CG (n=9) | 4 (44) | 3 (33) | 2 (25) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| If load management reduced injury and illness - How much time would you spend weekly doing it? | ||||||
| 0–10 min | 10–20 min | 20–30 min | 30–60 min | 60 minutes | ||
| Players | IG (n=104) | 45 (43) | 27 (26) | 17 (16) | 7 (7) | 4 (4) |
| CG (n=143) | 52 (36) | 46 (32) | 23 (16) | 8 (6) | 9 (6) | |
| Coaches | IG (n=8) | 0 (0) | 2 (25) | 3 (38) | 1 (13) | 2 (25) |
| CG (n=9) | 0 (0) | 1 (11) | 2 (22) | 2 (22) | 4 (44) | |
| If load management increased football performance - How much time would you spend weekly doing it? | ||||||
| Players | IG (n=104) | 35 (34) | 29 (28) | 18 (17) | 13 (13) | 6 (6) |
| CG (n=141) | 32 (23) | 41 (29) | 31 (22) | 15 (11) | 17 (12) | |
| Coaches | IG (n=8) | 0 (0) | 2 (25) | 2 (25) | 2 (25) | 2 (25) |
| CG (n=9) | 0 (0) | 1 (11) | 2 (22) | 1 (11) | 5 (56) | |
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CG, control group; IG, intervention group.