Dr Matthew Cross: epidemiology and risk factors for injury in professional rugby union

Concussion Concussive injury is a common occurrence in collision sports, but the evidence base for informing the content and the duration of current graduated return to play guidelines was limited. 1 In addition, it had been suggested that premature return to play from concussion could possibly incr...

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Published inBritish journal of sports medicine Vol. 51; no. 15; pp. 1163 - 1164
Main Author Cross, Matthew J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01.08.2017
Subjects
Athletic Injuries - epidemiology
Brain Concussion - epidemiology
Concussion
Epidemiology
Football - injuries
Humans
Load
Professional soccer
Risk Factors
Rugby
Sports injuries
Surveillance
United Kingdom > UK
England
Contact sports
Rugby
Epidemiology
Injury
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Summary:Concussion Concussive injury is a common occurrence in collision sports, but the evidence base for informing the content and the duration of current graduated return to play guidelines was limited. 1 In addition, it had been suggested that premature return to play from concussion could possibly increase the risk of adverse long-term neurological consequences. 2 Training load We know that an injury is likely to impact on an individual's ability to train and compete. Higher injury burden has also been associated with poorer team success in professional football codes. 3 4 A player or team's training load has been shown to be an easily modifiable risk factor for injury in a number of collision sports 5 ; however, the training load-injury relationship in Rugby Union had not been explored. Concussion The incidence of diagnosed match concussions (injuries/1000hours), median time interval to subsequent injury of any type (survival time), the association...
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ISSN:0306-3674
1473-0480
DOI:10.1136/bjsports-2017-097637