Samantha Nupen has an in-depth look at the difference in injuries sustained in men’s and women’s football.
While the number of teams, format, number of matches played, rules, and even the ball size are the same for the FIFA Women’s and Men’s World Cups, there are differences in the prevalence and type of injuries sustained by men and women footballers.
The estimated injury incidence for professional women footballers in domestic club football is 5.7/1000 hours (total), 19.5/1000 hours (match), and 3.1/1000 hours (training)(1). On the other hand, the overall injury incidence in professional male footballers is 8.1 injuries/1000 hours (total), 36/1000 hours (match), and 3.7/1000 hours (training)(2). In both genders, the injury incidence is higher in matches than in training (see figure 1).
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