ArticleBritish journal of sports medicine2002
Incidence of injury in amateur rugby league sevens.
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- Semi-Professional Rugby League Players have Higher Concussion Risk than Professional or Amateur Participants: A Pooled Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2017Review
- The Incidence of Concussion in a Professional Australian Rugby League Team, 1998-2012.Journal of sports medicine (Hindawi Publishing Corporation) · 2013Article
- Seasonal change in bone, muscle and fat in professional rugby league players and its relationship to injury: a cohort study.BMJ open · 2012Article
- Evaluation of injury and fatality risk in rock and ice climbing.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2010Review
- Match and training injuries in rugby league: a review of published studies.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2010Review
- The effect of gender and fatigue on the biomechanics of bilateral landings from a jump: peak values.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2007Article
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- Physiological characteristics of junior and senior rugby league players.British journal of sports medicine · 2002Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate the incidence, site, and nature of injuries sustained in amateur rugby league sevens tournaments.
methodsA total of 168 players competing in three amateur rugby league sevens tournaments were studied. All injuries sustained during matches were recorded. Information recorded included the name of the injured player and the time, cause, anatomical site, and nature of the injury.
resultsThe incidence of injury was 283.5 per 1000 playing hours. Some 40% (113.4 per 1000 playing hours) of all injuries sustained were to the lower limb (chi(2) = 5.3, df = 1, p<0.05). Contusions were the most common type of injury (113.4 per 1000 hours, 40%, chi(2) = 9.5, df = 4, p<0.05), with most (198.4 per 1000 hours, 70%, chi(2) = 31.5, df =4, p<0.001) occurring in physical collisions and tackles. An increasing injury incidence was observed over the first (99.2 per 1000 hours), second (198.4 per 1000 hours), third (347.2 per 1000 hours), and fourth (694.4 per 1000 hours) matches played during the tournaments (chi(2) = 9.2, df = 3, p<0.05).
conclusionsThe results of this study suggest that amateur rugby league sevens tournaments, which require players to compete repeatedly on the same day, may hasten the onset of fatigue and predispose to injury.
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