Undoubtedly, playing away from home always adds an extra difficulty in team sports. The home advantage is commonly accepted across fans and athletes. Terms for expressing the importance of the home crowd in an exhibition, such as the 12th man (Football) or the 6th man (Basketball), are widely known. But can the same be anticipated for individual sports, too? Do the home fans hold a major role in the performance of an athlete?

Epidemiology of injuries is one of the greatest contributions of science, and particularly medicine, to the sports. Their study has provided useful conclusions about their frequency, type, severity or other parameters. By analyzing thousands of data and reports, it investigates the patterns between those injuries. ABSTRACT The...