Table 3 Comparison of lay-off times after acute muscle injuries in elite football players reported in this study as well as by Ekstrand et al. [2]
Type 1a | Type 2b | Type 3a | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R-TS | R-E | PD | R-TS | R-E | PD | R-TS | R-E (3a) | PD | R-E (3b) | |
n | 8 | 82 | 5 | 22 | 4 (3) | 192 | 66 | |||
Median | 3 | 6.5 | − 54% | 4 | 8 | − 50% | 12 (10) | 13 | − 8% (− 23%) | 32 |
Mean | 3.3 | 7.9 | − 58% | 6.2 | 13.8 | − 55% | 13 (10.3) | 16.4 | − 21% (− 37%) | 37.9 |
SD | 1.5 | 7.4 | 4.7 | 20.6 | 6.1 (3.5) | 17.1 | 24.0 | |||
Min | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 8 | |||
Max | 6 | 58 | 14 | 100 | 14 | 132 | 156 | |||