Table 5.
Injuries serious enough to seek medical attention and injury rates
| Injuries | Intervention Group | Control Group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 (n = 54) | T2 (n = 50) | T3 (n = 49) | T1 (n = 62) | T2 (n = 60) | T3 (n = 60) | |
| Number in previous period1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Injury rate (injuries/participant/year | 0.108 | 0 | 1.464 | 0.192 | 0.204 | 0* |
T1 is baseline, T2 is after training, and T3 is at 3-month follow-up.
1
The previous period was 6 months for T1 and 1 month at T2 and T3.
*
The difference between the groups was significant (p = 0.007).