Epidemiology of International Match Injuries in Scottish Rugby: A Prospective Cohort Study
Int J Sports Med DOI: 10.1055/a-2038-3452Fifteen-a-side rugby union (“rugby”) is a full-contact sport
played separately by men and women, with large injury incidences reported
previously. Context specific injury surveillance fulfils governing
bodies’ duty of care to understand risks to player welfare, yet no
contemporary match injury epidemiology studies exist for international players
in Scotland. The current study therefore aimed to describe the incidence,
severity, burden and nature of match injuries sustained by Scotland’s
men’s and women’s national teams. A prospective cohort study of
injuries recorded in matches across the 2017/18 and 2018/19
seasons was undertaken, with injury and exposure definitions in line with the
international consensus for injury surveillance in rugby. Injury incidence was
120.0 (men) and 166.7/1,000 player match hours (women), injury severity
was 12.0 (median) and 31.2 days (mean) for men, and 11.0 (median) and 30.2 days
(mean) for women. Injury burden was 3,745 (men) and 5,040 days
absence/1,000 player match hours (women). Concussion was the most common
specific injury for men (22.5/1,000 hours) and women
(26.7/1,000 hours). No statistical differences were found for
incidence or severity measures between sexes. Injury incidence was greater than
recent ...
Source: International Journal of Sports Medicine - Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Bailey, Stuart John Martindale, Russell Engebretsen, Lars Robson, James Peter Palmer, Debbie Tags: Training & Testing Source Type: research
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