Brooks John H M, Fuller Colin W, Kemp Simon P T, Reddin Dave B
The Rugby Football Union, Twickenham, UK.
J Sports Sci. 2008 Jun;26(8):863-73. doi: 10.1080/02640410701832209.
A prospective cohort study was used to assess the influence of training volume on injuries sustained by 502 professional rugby union players in England. Training volumes (excluding warm-ups, cool-downs, and recovery sessions), player injuries, and player match exposure times were reported weekly. Higher training volumes (>9.1 hours per week) did not increase the incidence of match or training injuries. However, higher training volumes did increase the severity of match injuries, particularly during the second half, and consequently resulted in a significant increase in the number of days' absence due to match injuries. Although lower-limb injuries were the most common match and training injuries, shoulder dislocations/instabilities resulted in more days' absence during weeks of higher training volumes, but the differences were not significant. The least number of days lost due to injuries occurred during weeks of intermediate training volumes (6.2-9.1 h per week). Training volume was not correlated with final league position. Fitness testing, defence, and rucking and mauling components were identified as being very high- or high-risk training activities. Our results provide evidence of the benefits of modifying the volume and content of rugby union training to reduce the risk associated with injuries to professional players.
一项前瞻性队列研究用于评估训练量对英格兰502名职业橄榄球联盟球员受伤情况的影响。每周报告训练量（不包括热身、放松和恢复训练）、球员受伤情况以及球员比赛出场时间。较高的训练量（每周超过9.1小时）并未增加比赛或训练受伤的发生率。然而，较高的训练量确实增加了比赛受伤的严重程度，尤其是在下半场，因此导致因比赛受伤而缺勤的天数显著增加。虽然下肢受伤是最常见的比赛和训练损伤，但在训练量较高的几周内，肩关节脱位/不稳定导致的缺勤天数更多，但差异并不显著。因伤缺勤天数最少的情况出现在中等训练量（每周6.2 - 9.1小时）的几周。训练量与最终联赛排名无关。体能测试、防守以及擒抱和扭抱环节被确定为非常高风险或高风险的训练活动。我们的结果为调整橄榄球联盟训练的量和内容以降低职业球员受伤风险的益处提供了证据。
