# Epidemiological Study of Injuries in the Spanish Men's Senior National Rugby XV Team
## 3 Results  
This section may be divided by subheadings. It should provide a concise and precise description of the experimental results, their interpretation, as well as the experimental conclusions that can be drawn. The mean age of the players was 25.5 \(\pm\) 4.07 years old. Their mean body mass was 101.5 \(\pm\) 15.1 kg, and their mean height 182 \(\pm\) 6.6 cm. Exposure to the game was calculated at 240 h per player during the matches and 2550 h per player during the training sessions. A total of 27 injuries were recorded. The incidence of injury was higher during matches (100.0 [95% CI: 62.0-132.9] per 1000 ph for matches compared to 1.17 [95% CI: 0-2.5] by 1000 ph for training sessions). The rate of injury sustained was higher for matches (2480 [95% CI: 1933.6-3026.3] days of absence per 1000 ph for matches) than during training sessions (18.8 [95% CI: 13.5-24.0] days of absence per 1000 ph for training sessions). The mean days of absence caused by injury during matches was 24.7 (95% CI: 16.5-33.0), 25.1 (95% CI: 13.6-36.7) for forwards, and 24.0 (95% CI: 10.8-37.1) for backs (see Table 1). In terms of injury severity, all injuries registered caused at least 3 days of absence from the matches. The highest incidence was reported in moderate and severe injuries, 41.6 (95% CI: 16.3-66.9) injuries per 1000 ph. Severe injuries caused 1750.0 (95% CI: 1269.2-2230.7) days of absence per 1000 ph, moderate injuries, 616.6 (95% CI: 555.1-678.1), and slight injuries, 111.6 (95% CI: 71.8-151.5) days of absence per 1000 ph. The most common injuries were muscular injuries and concussion, with a rate of 41.6 (95% CI: 16.3-66.9) and 29.1 (95% CI: 7.8-50.4) per 1000 ph, respectively (see Table 2). The highest incidence was for muscular injuries with 1129.1 (95% CI: 728.7-1529.5) lost days per 1000 ph. Fractures followed with an incidence of 566.6 (95% CI: 503.9-629.3) lost days per 1000 ph. The head was most injured at 33.3%, followed by the hand, the anterior thigh, and the leg, amounting to 12.5 % (see Table 3). Game actions like tackling produced most injuries, 50.0 (95% CI: 22.4-77.5) injuries per 1000 ph. Tackling also represented the greatest injury burden with 1120.0 (95% CI: 721.0-1518.9) days of absence from training and competition (see Table 4). \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c} \hline \multicolumn{5}{c}{**Match**} \\ \hline \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Number (\%)**} & **Incidence** &
\begin{tabular}{c} **Severity Days-Absence** \\ **Mean (95\% CI)** \\ \end{tabular} & **Injury Burden** \\ \hline \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Minimal (2–3)**} & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ \hline
**Fowards** & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ \hline
**Backs** & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ \hline
**Mild (4–7)** & 4 (16.7) & 16.6 (0.47–32.8) & 6.7 (5.9–7.5) & 111.6 (71.8–151.5) \\ \hline
**Fowards** & 2 (8.3) & & & \\ \hline
**Backs** & 2 (8.3) & & & \\ \hline
**Moderate (8–28)** & 10 (41.7) & 41.6(16.3–66.9) & 14.8 (10.2–19.3) & 616.6 (555.1–678.1) \\ \hline
**Fowards** & 8(33.4) & & & \\ \hline
**Backs** & 2 (8.3) & & & \\ \hline
**Severe (>28)** & 10 (41.7) & 41.6(16.3–66.9) & 42.0 (28.6–55.3) & 1750.0 (1269.2–2230.7) \\ \hline
**Fowards** & 6(25.0) & & & \\ \hline
**Backs** & 4 (16.7) & & & \\ \hline
**All** & 24 (100) & \(\boldsymbol{p}^{\ \dagger}\) & 100.0 (62.0–137.9) & 24.7 (16.5–33.0) & \(\boldsymbol{p}^{\ *}\) & 2470.0 (1924.3–3015.6) \\ \hline
**Fowards** & 16 (66.6) & & 66.6 (35.1–98.2) & 25.1 (13.6–36.7) & 1673.3 (1201.0–2145.5) \\ \hline
**Backs** & 8 (33.4) & & 33.3 (10.6–56.0) & 24.0 (10.8–37.1) & 800.0 (456.7–1143.2) \\ \hline \multicolumn{5}{c}{**Training**} \\ \hline \multicolumn{1}{c}{**All/**Number (proportion)**} & **Minimal (2–3)** & **Mild (4–7)** & **Moderate (8–28)** & **Severe (>28)** \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Number (\%)**} & **Number (\%)** & **Number (\%)** & **Number (\%)** \\ \hline
3 (100) & 1 (33.3) & 0 & 1 (33.3) & 1 (33.3) \\ \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table} 
Table 1: The number of injuries, incidence of injuries (per 1000 player-hours: 95% CI) for all injuries, match injuries and training injuries by severity (days-absence) and positions.