Table 8 Summary of descriptive epidemiological studies of injuries conducted in youth rugby union players from England
From: Applied Sport Science for Male Age-Grade Rugby Union in England
Study | Study length | Sample level | Number of players | Number of exposure hours | Number of injuries | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Match injury—greater than 24-h time-loss | ||||||
 Haseler et al. [120] | 1 playing season (9 months) | U9 to U17 Club | 210 | 1636 player-match hours | 39 | Overall match injury incidence—24/1000 player-match hours Mean severity—32 days By injury location: head/neck—26%; upper limb—31%; trunk—10%; lower limb—33% |
 Palmer-Green et al. [119] | 2 playing seasons | U18 elite schoolboy | 222 | 3843 player-match hours | 134 | Overall match injury incidence—35/1000 player-match hours Mean severity—27 days By injury location: head/neck—18%; upper limb—24%; trunk—10%; lower limb—47% |
2 playing seasons | U18 academy | 250 | 2343 player-match hours | 109 | Overall match injury incidence—47/1000 player-match hours Mean severity—33 days By injury location: head/neck—14%; upper limb—28%; trunk—3%; lower limb—55% | |
 Barden and Stokes [121] | 3 playing seasons | U18 elite schoolboy | 132 | 595 player-match hours | 46 | Overall match injury incidence—77/1000 player-match hours Mean severity—20 days By injury location: head/neck—32%; upper limb—32%; trunk—10%; lower limb—25% |
U18 sub-elite schoolboy | 1698 player-match hours | 57 | Overall match injury incidence—34/1000 player-match hours Mean severity—19 days By injury location: head/neck—15%; upper limb—26%; trunk—6%; lower limb—53% | |||
Training injury—greater than 24-h time-loss | ||||||
 Palmer-Green et al. [45] | 2 playing seasons | U18 elite schoolboy | 222 | 15,877 player-training hours | 34 | Overall training injury incidence—2.1/1000 player-training hours Mean severity—27 days By injury location: head/neck—9%; upper limb—15%; trunk—32%; lower limb—44% |
2 playing seasons | U18 academy | 250 | 47,431 player-training hours | 64 | Overall training injury incidence—1.4/1000 player-training hours Mean severity—17 days By injury location: head/neck—9%; upper limb—13%; trunk—13%; lower limb—65% | |