Return to sport according to injury severity
| Time landmarks | Grade IIB injuries (n=75) | Grade III injuries (n=35) | |||||||||||
| Return to on field rehabilitation | Return to train with team | Return to first match | Return to on field rehabilitation | Return to train with team | Return to first match | ||||||||
| 0 months | 7 days (1 week) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 days (2 weeks) | 0% | (SE 0%) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 21 days (3 weeks) | 7% | (SE 3%) | 0% | (SE 0%) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 28 days (4 weeks) | 28% | (SE 5%) | 1% | (SE 1%) | – | – | 0% | (SE 0%) | – | – | – | – | |
| 1 month | 35 days (5 weeks) | 79% | (SE 5%) | 7% | (SE 3%) | – | – | 3% | (SE 3%) | – | – | – | – |
| 42 days (6 weeks) | 96% | (SE 2%) | 15% | (SE 4%) | 0% | (SE 0%) | 34% | (SE 8%) | – | – | – | – | |
| 49 days (7 weeks) | 99% | (SE 1%) | 29% | (SE 5%) | 1% | (SE 1%) | 57% | (SE 8%) | 0% | (SE 0%) | – | – | |
| 56 days (8 weeks) | 100% | (SE 0%) | 49% | (SE 6%) | 3% | (SE 2%) | 80% | (SE 7%) | 3% | (SE 3%) | – | – | |
| 2 months | 63 days (9 weeks) | – | – | 65% | (SE 6%) | 7% | (SE 3%) | 91% | (SE 5%) | 9% | (SE 5%) | – | – |
| 70 days (10 weeks) | – | – | 77% | (SE 5%) | 8% | (SE 3%) | 94% | (SE 4%) | 9% | (SE 5%) | – | – | |
| 77 days (11 weeks) | – | – | 95% | (SE 3%) | 23% | (SE 5%) | 97% | (SE 3%) | 9% | (SE 5%) | – | – | |
| 84 days (12 weeks) | – | – | 97% | (SE 2%) | 43% | (SE 6%) | 100% | (SE 0%) | 9% | (SE 5%) | 0% | (SE 0%) | |
| 3 months | 91 days (13 weeks) | – | – | 100% | (SE 0%) | 63% | (SE 6%) | – | – | 14% | (SE 6%) | 3% | (SE 3%) |
| 98 days (14 weeks) | – | – | – | – | 76% | (SE 5%) | – | – | 34% | (SE 8%) | 3% | (SE 3%) | |
| 105 days (15 weeks) | – | – | – | – | 84% | (SE 4%) | – | – | 54% | (SE 8%) | 9% | (SE 5%) | |
| 112 days (16 weeks) | – | – | – | – | 93% | (SE 3%) | – | – | 77% | (SE 7%) | 9% | (SE 5%) | |
| 4 months | 119 days (17 weeks) | – | – | – | – | 100% | (SE 0%) | – | – | 86% | (SE 6%) | 26% | (SE 7%) |
| 126 days (18 weeks) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 91% | (SE 5%) | 51% | (SE 8%) | |
| 133 days (19 weeks) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 91% | (SE 5%) | 71% | (SE 8%) | |
| 140 days (20 weeks) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 94% | (SE 4%) | 77% | (SE 7%) | |
| 5 months | 147 days (21 weeks) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 94% | (SE 4%) | 83% | (SE 6%) |
| 154 days (22 weeks) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 94% | (SE 4%) | 91% | (SE 5%) | |
| 161 days (23 weeks) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 100% | (SE 0%) | 91% | (SE 5%) | |
| 168 days (24 weeks) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 91% | (SE 5%) | |
| 6 months | 175 days (25 weeks) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 94% | (SE 4%) |
| 182 days (26 weeks) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 94% | (SE 4%) | |
| 189 days (27 weeks) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 97% | (SE 3%) | |
| 196 days (28 weeks) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 100% | (SE 0%) | |
| Mean±SD | 32±7 days | 57±14 days | 88±16 days | 49±11 days | 105±22 days | 136±21 days | |||||||