Injury status among secondary school rugby players / Muhamad Fakhrul Hakim Azis

The purpose of this study is to investigate the overall injury status among secondary school
rugby players in Malaysia. There were 150 rugby players aged between 13-18 years old who
were selected and they were categorized based on their playing positions in rugby namely
forward (n=75) and backline position (n=75). The specific aims of this study are to
determine the frequency the nature of injury among forward and backline positions, to report
the common incidence sites of injury and the aetiology of injury among secondary school
rugby players in Malaysia and Chi-Square Test has been utilized to interpret the data in order
to meet the objectives of this study. The results showed there is no association (p>O.05)
on frequency of nature of injury based on playing position. Meanwhile, the region
with highest injury rate from this finding was lower body with the value of 84.7%
(n=127) and for the mechanism of injury, there were significantly more injuries
occurred in youth rugby player during contact 96.7% (n=145) compared with noncontact
64.7% (n=97) and climate 9.3% (n=14).