Cause of training injuries sustained by sub-elite rugby league players over three consecutive pre-season preparation periods
| Cause of injury | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Rate | 95% CI | Number | Rate | 95% CI | Number | Rate | 95% CI | |
| Values are reported as rates per 1000 training hours. CI, confidence interval. | |||||||||
| *Significant differences (p<0.05) among 2001, 2002, and 2003 seasons. | |||||||||
| Overexertion | 90 | 62.4 | 49.5 to 75.3* | 26 | 22.3 | 13.7 to 30.9 | 36 | 24.3 | 16.4 to 32.3 |
| Overuse | 47 | 32.6 | 23.3 to 41.9* | 22 | 18.9 | 11.0 to 26.8 | 22 | 14.9 | 8.7 to 21.1 |
| Contact with player/object | 31 | 21.5 | 13.9 to 29.1 | 27 | 23.2 | 14.4 to 31.9 | 24 | 16.2 | 9.7 to 22.7 |
| Fall/stumble | 27 | 18.7 | 11.7 to 25.8* | 11 | 9.4 | 3.9 to 15.0 | 8 | 5.4 | 1.7 to 9.2 |
| Ground contact | 16 | 11.1 | 5.7 to 16.5 | 16 | 13.7 | 7.0 to 20.5 | 13 | 8.8 | 4.0 to 13.6 |
| Being tackled | 2 | 1.4 | 0.0 to 3.3* | 1 | 0.9 | 0.0 to 2.5 | 8 | 5.4 | 1.7 to 9.2 |
| While tackling | 1 | 0.7 | 0.0 to 2.1 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.0 to 4.1 | 4 | 2.7 | 0.1 to 5.4 |
| Other | 12 | 8.3 | 3.6 to 13.0* | 5 | 4.3 | 0.5 to 8.1 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.0 to 2.0 |