Outcome measures | Median weekly activate Adherence | |||
Low (<1) | Medium (1-<3) | High (≥3) | ||
Participants | n | 256 | 115 | 288 |
Mean Age (Years,±SD) | 15.1 (±2.0) | 16.1 (±1.4) | 15.6 (±2.0) | |
Total exposure | Training | 6350 | 2727 | 10 964 |
(h) | Match | 1535 | 704 | 2401 |
Mean sessions completed over season (n) | Training | 17 | 16 | 29 |
Match | 7 | 7 | 10 | |
Median weekly rugby sessions (n) | Overall | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Mean session attendance (%, range) | Overall | 78% (10%–100%) | 73% (33%–100%) | 94% (68%–100%) |
Median weekly Activate Adherence | Overall | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Injuries | Training | 11 | 3 | 7 |
(n) | Match | 47 | 19 | 55 |
Median rugby sessions to first injury (n, range) | Overall | 10 (1–46) | 8 (1–17) | 16 (3–82) |
Injury incidence: Injuries per/1000 hours* (95% CI) | Training | 1.9 (1.1 to 2.7) | 0.8 (0.4 to 2.0) | 0.6 (0.0 to 1.2) |
Match | 31.3 (24.7 to 37.9) | 28.8 (9.5 to 48.1) | 21.7 (16.8 to 26.6) | |
Injury severity: Days lost (95% CI) | Training | 27 (15 to 49) | 66 (21 to 205) | 40 (19 to 84) |
Match | 31 (23 to 41) | 37 (24 to 58) | 30 (23 to 39) | |
Injury burden: Days lost/1000 hours* (95% CI) | Training | 17 (5 to 29) | 23 (0 to 65) | 8 (1 to 15) |
Match | 909 (600 to 1173) | 991 (67 to 1915) | 569 (384 to 754) |
*Rate adjusted for playing age group and cluster (team).