Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27069947›Full record

ArticleOrthopaedic journal of sports medicine2016

The Epidemiology of Injuries in Australian Professional Rugby Union 2014 Super Rugby Competition.

Timothy Whitehouse, Robin Orr, Edward Fitzgerald, Simon Harries, Christopher P McLellan

Registry-linked trialAbstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04479397 (Post-operative Mobilization After Anterior Shoulder Stabilization With the Latarjet Procedure), which is not on this map. Cited by 19 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04479397 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

Post-operative Mobilization After Anterior Shoulder Stabilization With the Latarjet Procedure: Sling Versus Nothing. A Randomized Prospective Study.

TypeinterventionalSponsorHugo BothorelRan2020 to 2023Enrolled86ConditionsShoulder DislocationArmsLatarjet Surgery for anterior shoulder instability, No sling in postoperative care
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Shoulder injuries in rugby union: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2026
    Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Pooled it
  4. Pooled it
  5. Pooled it
  6. Trial
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Match Injuries in the Spanish Rugby Union Division de Honor.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
    Observational
  14. The Epidemiology of Injuries in Spanish Rugby Union División de Honor.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
    Observational
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Timothy WhitehouseBond Institute of Health and Sport, Bond University, Robina, Queensland, Australia.
Robin OrrBond Institute of Health and Sport, Bond University, Robina, Queensland, Australia.
Edward FitzgeraldSports Science and Sports Medicine Group, Australian Rugby Union Limited, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia.
Simon HarriesSports Science and Sports Medicine Group, Australian Rugby Union Limited, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia.
Christopher P McLellanBond Institute of Health and Sport, Bond University, Robina, Queensland, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRugby union is a collision-based ball sport played at the professional level internationally. Rugby union has one of the highest reported incidences of injury of all team sports. PURPOSE: To identify the characteristics, incidence, and severity of injuries occurring in Australian professional Super Rugby Union.

designDescriptive epidemiology study.

methodsThe present study was a prospective epidemiology study on a cohort of 180 professional players from 5 Australian Super Rugby teams during the 2014 Super Rugby Union Tournament. Team medical staff collected and submitted daily training and match-play injury data through a secure, web-based electronic platform. The injury data included the main anatomic location of the injury, specific anatomic structure of the injury, injury diagnosis, training or match injury occurrence, main player position, mechanism of injury, and the severity of the injury quantified based on the number of days lost from training and/or competition due to injury.

resultsThe total combined incidence rate for injury during training and match-play across all Australian Super Rugby Union teams was 6.96 per 1000 hours, with a mean injury severity of 37.45 days lost from training and competition. The match-play injury incidence rate was 66.07 per 1000 hours, with a mean severity of 39.80 days lost from training and competition. No significant differences were observed between forward- and back-playing positions for match or training injury incidence rate or severity.

conclusionThe incidence of injury for the present study was lower during match-play than has previously been reported in professional rugby union; however, the overall time loss was higher compared with previous studies in professional rugby union. The high overall time loss was due fundamentally to a high incidence of injuries with greater than 28 days' severity.

Indexed as

incidenceinjury surveillanceprospectiveseveritysport

Identifiers

PMID27069947
PMCPMC4811007

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.