Incidence of injury according to time period in the final match in short congested match cycles compared to during match-play outside cycles
| Injury incidence across time periods | Match outside congested periods | Final match in congested periods | IRR (95% CI) for match-play outside congestion vs final match in congested cycles | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 matches ≤3 days | 3 matches ≤4 days | 2 matches ≤3 days | p Value | 3 matches ≤4 days | p Value | ||
| 1st half overall | 19.4 (9 to 29) | 26.0 (7 to 45) | 50.4 (13 to 88) | 1.3 (0.3 to 5.3) | 0.5234 | 2.6 (1.1 to 6 to 5) | 0.0386 |
| 0–15 min | 1.4 (−1 to 4) | 4 (−6 to 8) | 14.4 (−6 to 34) | 2.7 (0.2 to 43.0) | 0.4845 | 10.4 (1.0 to 114.9) | 0.0557 |
| 16–30 min | 9.7 (3 to 17) | 11.1 (−2 to 24) | 21.6 (−3 to 46) | 1.2 (0.3 to 4.5) | 0.8378 | 2.2 (0.6 to 8.6) | 0.2443 |
| 31 min-Half-time | 8.3 (2 to 15) | 11.1 (−2 to 24) | 14.4 (−6 to 34) | 1.3 (0.3 to 5.3) | 0.6761 | 1.7 (0.4 to 8.6) | 0.4989 |
| 2nd half overall | 19.4 (9 to 29) | 37.1 (14 to 60) | 28.8 (1 to 57) | 1.9 (0.9 to 4.3) | 0.1153 | 1.5 (0.5 to 4.5) | 0.4828 |
| 45–60 min | 8.3 (2 to 15) | 3.7 (−6 to 8) | 7.3 (−7 to 21) | 0.5 (0.1 to 3.7) | 0.7150 | 0.9 (0.1 to 7.2) | 0.5397 |
| 61–75 min | 2.8 (−1 to 7) | 7.4 (−3 to 18) | 7.3 (−7 to 21) | 2.7 (0.4 to 19.1) | 0.3229 | 2.6 (0.2 to 28.2) | 0.4343 |
| 76 min-end match | 8.3 (2 to 15) | 26.0 (7 to 45) | 14.4 (−6 to 34) | 3.1 (1.1 to 9.3) | 0.0400 | 1.7 (0.4 to 8.6) | 0.4989 |
| Unknown | 8.3 (2 to 15) | 7.4 (−3 to 18) | 14.4 (−6 to 34) | 0.9 (0.2 to 4.4) | 0.5536 | 1.7 (0.4 to 8.6) | 0.4989 |
Injury incidence values are presented with 95% CIs.
IRR, incidence rate ratios.