Paving the path for injury prevention in rugby-7s: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Autor: Behardien MR; Division of Physiological Sciences, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa., Ganda J; Sports Rehab Centre, Cape Town, South Africa.; Wits Sport and Health (WiSH), School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa., Dane K; Discipline of Physiotherapy, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland., West SW; Centre for Health, and Injury & Illness Prevention in Sport, Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK.; UK Collaborating Centre on Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport (UKCCIIS), University of Bath, Bath, UK.; Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada., Emery CA; Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.; O'Brien Institute of Public Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.; McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.; Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.; Department of Pediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada., Jones B; Division of Physiological Sciences, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.; 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., Hendricks S; Division of Physiological Sciences, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.; Carnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) Centre, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: European journal of sport science [Eur J Sport Sci] 2024 Sep; Vol. 24 (9), pp. 1209-1227. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 27.
DOI: 10.1002/ejsc.12156
Abstrakt: This review and meta-analysis aimed to describe the current rugby-7s injury epidemiological literature by examining injury data from both sexes, all levels of play, and their associated risk factors. Studies published up until March 2024 were included. These studies were retrieved from six databases using search terms related to rugby-7s or sevens, tackle, collision, collision sport, injury, athlete, incidence rate, mechanism, and risk factor. Only peer-reviewed original studies using prospective or retrospective cohort designs with a clearly defined rugby-7s sample were considered. Included studies needed to report one injury outcome variable. Non-English and qualitative studies; reviews, conference papers, and abstracts were excluded. Twenty studies were included. The meta-analysis used the DerSimonian-Laird continuous random-effects method to calculate the pooled estimated means and 95% confidence interval. The estimated mean injury incidence rate for men was 108.5/1000 player-hours (95% CI: 85.9-131.0) and 76.1/1000 player-hours (95% CI: 48.7-103.5) for women. The estimated mean severity for men was 33.9 days (95% CI: 20.7-47.0) and 44.2 days (95% CI: 32.1-56.3) for women. Significantly more match injuries occurred in the second half of matches, were acute, located at the lower limb, diagnosed as joint/ligament, and resulted from being tackled. Fatigue, player fitness, and previous injuries were associated with an increased risk of injury. There were no statistically significant differences between women's and men's injury profiles. However, the inherent cultural and gendered factors which divide the two sports should not be ignored. The findings from this review will help pave the way forward beyond the foundational stages of injury prevention research in rugby-7s.
(© 2024 The Author(s). European Journal of Sport Science published by Wiley‐VCH GmbH on behalf of European College of Sport Science.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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