On average, a professional rugby union player is more likely than not to sustain a concussion after 25 matches - Rafferty J, Ranson C, Oatley G, Mostafa M, Mathema P, Crick T, Moore IS.

OBJECTIVES: To investigate concussion injury rates, the likelihood of sustaining concussion relative to the number of rugby union matches and the risk of subsequent injury following concussion. METHODS: A four-season (2012/2013-2015/2016) prospecti...

Source: SafetyLit - March 19, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news