Summary of findings table
| No of studies | Certainty level of evidence | Summary effect | |||
| Study design | STROBE Reporting quality | NOS Methodological quality | Inconsistency (I2) | Incidence rate (95% CI) | |
| Overall injury incidence rate for adult elite women in domestic club football | |||||
| 18 20 21 23–25 | Observational cohort | Moderate | Moderate | Considerable (95%) | 5.7 (4.3 to 7.2) injuries/1000 hours of exposure |
| Training injury incidence rate for adult elite women in domestic club football | |||||
| 18 20 21 23–25 | Observational cohort | Moderate | Moderate | Considerable (95%) | 3.2 (2.1 to 4.3) injuries/1000 hours of exposure |
| Match injury incidence rate for adult elite women in domestic club football | |||||
| 18 20 21 23–25 | Observational cohort | Moderate | Moderate | Substantial (72%) | 19.5 (16.2 to 22.8) injuries/1000 hours of exposure |
| Match injury incidence rate in tournament football utilising a medical attention injury definition | |||||
| 28 | Observational cohort | Low | High | Moderate (49.7%) | 55.7 (42.8 to 68.6) injuries/1000 hours of exposure |
| Match injury incidence rate in tournament football utilising a time loss injury definition | |||||
| 29 | Observational cohort | Low | High | None* | 36 (30 to 42) injuries/1000 hours of exposure |
| Training injury incidence rate in tournament football utilising a time loss injury definition | |||||
| 29 | Observational cohort | Low | High | None* | 2.5 (1.9 to 3.1) injuries/1000 hours of exposure |
*Inconsistency described as per Cochrane guidance for a single cohort.
NOS, Newcastle Ottawa Scale; STROBE, Strengthening The Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology statement.