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ArticleBritish journal of sports medicine2003

Incidence of injury in semi-professional rugby league players.

T J Gabbett

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Article in British journal of sports medicine, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 160 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Guidance for sports injury surveillance: the 20-year influence of the Australian Sports Injury Data Dictionary.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2018
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  6. Physical Exam Risk Factors for Lower Extremity Injury in High School Athletes: A Systematic Review.Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine · 2016
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  16. Time-Loss Injuries in Sub-Elite and Emerging Rugby League Players.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

T J GabbettQueensland Academy of Sport, PO Box 8103, Wooloongabba, Queensland 4102, Australia. Tim.Gabbett@srq.qld.gov.au
Queensland Academy of Sport · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo investigate the site, nature, cause, and severity of injuries in semi-professional rugby league players.

methodsThe incidence of injury was prospectively studied in one hundred and fifty six semi-professional rugby league players over two competitive seasons. All injuries sustained during matches and training sessions were recorded. Injury data were collected from a total of 137 matches and 148 training sessions. Information recorded included the date and time of injury, site, nature, cause, and severity of injury.

resultsDuring the two seasons, 1,694 playing injuries and 559 training injuries were sustained. The match injury incidence was 824.7 per 1,000 player-position game hours and training injury incidence was 45.3 per 1,000 training hours. Over 20% of the total training (17.4 per 1,000) and playing (168.0 per 1,000) injuries sustained were to the thigh and calf. Muscular injuries (haematomas and strains) were the most common type of injury sustained during training (22.0 per 1,000, 48.7%) and matches (271.7 per 1,000, 32.9%). Playing injuries were most commonly sustained in tackles (382.2 per 1,000, 46.3%), while overexertion was the most common cause of training injuries (15.5 per 1,000, 34.4%). The majority of playing injuries were sustained in the first half of matches (1,013.6 per 1,000, 61.5% v 635.8 per 1,000, 38.5%), whereas training injuries occurred more frequently in the latter stages of the training session (50.0 per 1,000, 55.3% v 40.5 per 1,000, 44.7%). Significantly more training injuries were sustained in the early half of the season, however, playing injuries occurred more frequently in the latter stages of the season.

conclusionsThese results suggest that changes in training and playing intensity impact significantly upon injury rates in semi-professional rugby league players. Further studies investigating the influence of training and playing intensity on injuries in rugby league are warranted.

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PMID12547741
PMCPMC1724588
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