The Incidence and Propensity of Head Acceleration Events in a Season of Men's and Women's English Elite-Level Club Rugby Union Matches.

Autor: Allan D; Nanotechnology and Integrated Bioengineering Centre (NIBEC), School of Engineering, Ulster University, Belfast, UK. D.Allan@Ulster.ac.uk.; Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Institute, Ulster University, Belfast, UK. D.Allan@Ulster.ac.uk., Tooby J; Carnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) Centre, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK., Starling L; World Rugby, 8-10 Pembroke St., Dublin, Ireland.; UK Collaborating Centre on Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport (UKCCIIS), University of Bath, Bath, UK., Tucker R; World Rugby, 8-10 Pembroke St., Dublin, Ireland.; Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa., Falvey É; World Rugby, 8-10 Pembroke St., Dublin, Ireland.; School of Medicine and Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland., Salmon D; World Rugby, 8-10 Pembroke St., Dublin, Ireland., Brown J; Carnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) Centre, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.; Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa., Hudson S; UK Collaborating Centre on Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport (UKCCIIS), University of Bath, Bath, UK., Stokes K; UK Collaborating Centre on Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport (UKCCIIS), University of Bath, Bath, UK.; Rugby Football Union, Twickenham, UK., Jones B; Carnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) Centre, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.; Premiership Rugby, London, UK.; England Performance Unit, Rugby Football League, Manchester, UK.; School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.; Division of Physiological Sciences and Health Through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport Research Centre, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa., Kemp S; Rugby Football Union, Twickenham, UK.; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK., O'Halloran P; Sport and Exercise Medicine Service, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.; Marker Diagnostics UK Ltd, Birmingham, UK., Cross M; Carnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) Centre, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.; Premiership Rugby, London, UK., Tierney G; Nanotechnology and Integrated Bioengineering Centre (NIBEC), School of Engineering, Ulster University, Belfast, UK.; Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Institute, Ulster University, Belfast, UK.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) [Sports Med] 2024 Oct; Vol. 54 (10), pp. 2685-2696. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 26.
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-024-02064-7
Abstrakt: Objectives: To describe and compare the incidence and propensity of head acceleration events (HAEs) using instrumented mouthguards (iMG) by playing position in a season of English elite-level men's and women's rugby union matches.
Methods: iMG data were collected for 255 men and 133 women from 1,865 and 807 player-matches, respectively, and synchronised to video-coded match footage. Head peak resultant linear acceleration (PLA) and peak resultant angular acceleration (PAA) were extracted from each HAE. Mean incidence and propensity values were calculated across different recording thresholds for forwards and backs in addition to positional groups (front row, second row, back row, half backs, centres, back three) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) estimated. Significance was determined based on 95% CI not overlapping across recording thresholds.
Results: For both men and women, HAE incidence was twice as high for forwards than backs across the majority of recording thresholds. HAE incidence and propensity were significantly lower in the women's game compared to the men's game. Back-row and front-row players had the highest incidence across all HAE thresholds for men's forwards, while women's forward positional groups and men's and women's back positional groups were similar. Tackles and carries exhibited a greater propensity to result in HAE for forward positional groups and the back three in the men's game, and back row in the women's game.
Conclusion: These data offer valuable benchmark and comparative data for future research, HAE mitigation strategies, and management of HAE exposure in elite rugby players. Positional-specific differences in HAE incidence and propensity should be considered in future mitigation strategies.
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