Injuries affect team performance negatively in professional football: an 11-year follow-up of the UEFA Champions League injury study

By M. Hägglund, M. Waldén, H. Magnusson, K. Kristenson, H. Bengtsson, J. Ekstrand. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2013

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Training load monitoring in elite English soccer: a comparison of practices and perceptions between coaches and practitioners (2018, background): “Whereas, the higher proportion of coach answers for “reduce injury” may reflect the importance of player availability on team performance (Hägglund et al. 2013), which is the responsibility of the coach (Ford et al.”
International Olympic Committee consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport 2020 (including STROBE Extension for Sport Injury and Illness Surveillance (STROBE-SIIS)) (2020, neutral): “Another relevant measure, which is easy to communicate to managers, coaching staff and athletes, and which is associated with team performance in football, 69 is player availability.”
It Pays to Pay Attention: A Mindfulness-Based Program for Injury Prevention With Soccer Players (2015, background): “Several studies have shown that injuries have negative effects on both athlete (Mainwaring et al., 2001; Wiese-Bjornstal, 2010) and team performance (Hägglund et al., 2013), and a decrease in injury rates could have a substantial influence at both individual and team levels.”