School of Human and Behavioural Science, Bangor University, UK.
Welsh Rugby Union, Colwyn Bay, UK.
J Sci Med Sport. 2022 May;25(5):379-384. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2022.01.003. Epub 2022 Jan 26.
Describe medical-attention and time-loss injuries during matches and training in a Welsh Premiership Rugby Union team.
Prospective cohort observational study.
Injury incidence, severity, burden, location, type, and cause were determined in sixty-nine players from one semi-professional Rugby Union team.
Medical-attention and time-loss injury incidence was greater for matches (incidence, 95% confidence interval = 122.8, 108.9-138.4 and 99.8, 87.3-114.0) than training (incidence, 95% confidence interval = 2.2, 1.8-2.6 and 1.7, 1.4-2.1) per 1000 player-hours. Injury severity was similar for matches (time-loss ± standard deviation = 24.9 ± 30.8 days) and training (time-loss ± SD = 22.4 ± 29.1 days), with injury burden greater for matches (burden, 95% confidence interval = 3148.8, 3019.8-6479.2) than training (burden, 95% confidence interval = 49.7, 36.7-129.6). Lower-limb time-loss injuries were most common during matches (incidence, 95% confidence interval = 46.0, 37.9-55.9) and training (incidence, 95% confidence interval = 1.3, 1.0-1.7) per 1000 player-hours, whilst upper-limb injuries were most severe in matches (time-loss, 95% confidence interval = 38.8, 28.3-44.4 days) and training (time-loss, 95% confidence interval = 45.9, 17.5-52.7 days). The prevalent cause of contact-injury was tackling (31%) with running (11%) the common cause of non-contact injury.
Time-loss match-injury incidence, severity, and burden were similar to data reported in the professional tier, with similar patterns of injuries for location, type, and inciting event. These figures are greater than previously reported for semi-professional Rugby Union, warranting further investigation at this level of play.
描述威尔士超级橄榄球联赛（Premiership Rugby Union）球队比赛和训练中需要医疗护理和损失时间的伤害情况。
前瞻性队列观察性研究。
对来自一支半职业橄榄球队的 69 名球员进行了伤害发生率、严重程度、负担、部位、类型和原因的确定。
比赛中需要医疗护理和损失时间的伤害发生率高于训练（发生率，95%置信区间为 122.8，108.9-138.4 和 99.8，87.3-114.0），每 1000 名球员小时为 122.8，108.9-138.4 和 99.8，87.3-114.0，而训练的发生率为 2.2，1.8-2.6 和 1.7，1.4-2.1。比赛（损失时间±标准差为 24.9±30.8 天）和训练（损失时间±SD 为 22.4±29.1 天）的伤害严重程度相似，但比赛的伤害负担更大（负担，95%置信区间为 3148.8，3019.8-6479.2）大于训练（负担，95%置信区间为 49.7，36.7-129.6）。下肢损失时间的伤害在比赛中最为常见（发生率，95%置信区间为 46.0，37.9-55.9）和训练（发生率，95%置信区间为 1.3，1.0-1.7）每 1000 名球员小时，而上肢损伤在比赛中最为严重（损失时间，95%置信区间为 38.8，28.3-44.4 天）和训练（损失时间，95%置信区间为 45.9，17.5-52.7 天）。接触性伤害的常见原因是擒抱（31%），而跑步（11%）是造成非接触性伤害的常见原因。
损失时间的比赛伤害发生率、严重程度和负担与职业联赛报告的数据相似，受伤部位、类型和激发事件的模式相似。这些数据高于以前报告的半职业橄榄球联赛，需要在这一比赛水平上进一步调查。
