Comparison of injury burden between the South American and European cohorts
| Injury burden, median (IQR) | |||
| South America | Europe | P value* | |
| General injury burden | |||
| Training | 51 (36–73) | 50 (30–64) | 0.703 |
| Match | 507 (144–585) | 444 (275–598) | 0.763 |
| Total | 86 (78–113) | 114 (86–140) | 0.215 |
| Muscle injury burden | |||
| Training | 15 (8–18) | 17 (7–28) | 0.673 |
| Match | 117 (45–185) | 141 (89–242) | 0.321 |
| Total | 25 (10–37) | 39 (18–61) | 0.080 |
| Ligament injury burden | |||
| Training | 10 (7–28) | 4 (2–9) | 0.017 |
| Match | 178 (71–328) | 103 (31–205) | 0.215 |
| Total | 32 (19–45) | 21 (9–39) | 0.185 |
*P values from Mann-Whitney U test comparing injury burden for the specified injury type between teams from the two cohorts .