Playing time lost per concussion, stratified by injury setting, injury status, position, and experience level
| Half face shield | Full face shield | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No of injuries | Time loss* | Time loss per injury | 95% CI | No of injuries | Time loss* | Time per injury | 95% CI | |
| *Playing time lost in sessions, where 1 session = 1 game or practice; †unknown: Half shield (three concussions, 59.0 time loss sessions), full shield (two concussions); ‡unknown: Half shield (two concussions, 48.5 time loss sessions), full shield (three concussions, 5.5 time loss sessions). | ||||||||
| Injury setting | ||||||||
| Game | 34 | 112.0 | 3.29 | (2.71 to 3.96) | 38 | 64.5 | 1.70 | (1.32 to 2.18) |
| Practice | 7 | 54.5 | 7.79 | (5.92 to 10.2) | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – |
| Injury status† | ||||||||
| New | 17 | 35.5 | 2.09 | (1.48 to 2.93) | 16 | 16.0 | 1.00 | (0.57 to 1.62) |
| Recurrent | 21 | 72.0 | 3.43 | (2.68 to 4.32) | 20 | 48.5 | 2.43 | (1.81 to 3.24) |
| Position | ||||||||
| Forward | 23 | 115.5 | 5.02 | (4.17 to 6.05) | 24 | 47.5 | 1.98 | (1.47 to 2.65) |
| Defence | 18 | 51.0 | 2.83 | (2.11 to 3.73) | 14 | 17.0 | 1.21 | (0.71 to 1.94) |
| Experience‡ | ||||||||
| Rookie | 12 | 42.5 | 3.54 | (2.59 to 4.83) | 8 | 10.0 | 1.25 | (0.60 to 2.30) |
| Veteran | 27 | 75.5 | 2.80 | (2.22 to 3.52) | 27 | 49.0 | 1.81 | (1.34 to 2.40) |