High Concussion Rate in Student Community Rugby Union Players During the 2018 Season: Implications for Future Research Directions

Autor: James Craig Brown, Lindsay Toyah Starling, Keith Stokes, Pierre Viviers, Esme Jordaan, Sean Surmon, Elton Wayne Derman

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Vol 13 (2019)

Collision sports, such as Rugby Union (“Rugby”) have a particularly high risk of injury. Of all injuries common to collision sports, concussions have received the most attention due to the potentially negative cognitive effects in the short- and

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Tackling sport-related concussion: effectiveness of lowering the maximum legal height of the tackle in amateur male rugby - a cross-sectional analytical study

Autor: Riaan van Tonder, Lindsay Starling, Sean Surmon, Pierre Viviers, Wilbur Kraak, Pieter-Henk Boer, Esme Jordaan, Sharief Hendricks, Keith A Stokes, Wayne Derman, James Craig Brown

Publikováno v: van Tonder, R, Starling, L, Surmon, S, Viviers, P, Kraak, W, Boer, P-H, Jordaan, E, Hendricks, S, Stokes, K A, Derman, W & Brown, J C 2022, ' Tackling sport-related concussion : Effectiveness of lowering the maximum legal height of the tackle in amateur male rugby-A cross-sectional analytical study ', Injury Prevention, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 56-61 . https://doi.org/10.1136/ip-2022-044714
Injury Prevention, 29(1), 56-61. BMJ Publishing Group

ObjectiveRugby union (‘rugby’) is popular globally, with most of its participants being amateur. Concern regarding sport-related concussion (SRC) sustained during rugby is increasing. SRC occurs most frequently in the tackle, yet few intervention

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36600566