Table 1.
Number of injuries (n=275) and time-loss injuries (n=97) during match play, match exposure (number of player hours), and injury and time-loss injury incidence (injuries per 1000 player hours with 95% CI) per sex and age group
Women | Men | Total | |||||||
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Junior | Senior | Total | Junior | Senior | Total | Junior | Senior | Total | |
Exposure | 5767 | 7718 | 13 485 | 4854 | 7294 | 12 148 | 10 621 | 15 012 | 25 633 |
Injuries | 45 | 94 | 139 | 51 | 85 | 136 | 96 | 179 | 275 |
Incidence | 7.8 (5.5 to 10.1) | 12.2 (9.7 to 14.6) | 10.3 (8.6 to 12.0) | 10.5 (7.6 to 13.4) | 11.7 (9.2 to 14.1) | 11.2 (9.3 to 13.1) | 9.0 (7.2 to 10.8) | 11.9 (10.2 to 13.7) | 10.7 (9.5 to 12.0) |
Time-loss injuries | 15 | 35 | 50 | 10 | 37 | 47 | 25 | 72 | 97 |
Time-loss injury incidence | 2.6 (1.3 to 3.9) | 4.5 (3.0 to 6.0) | 3.7 (2.7 to 4.7) | 2.1 (0.8 to 3.3) | 5.1 (3.4 to 6.7) | 3.9 (2.8 to 5.0) | 2.4 (1.4 to 3.3) | 4.8 (3.7 to 5.9) | 3.8 (3.0 to 4.5) |