ArticleBrain sciences2020
The Effect of Sub-Concussive Impacts during a Rugby Tackling Drill on Brain Function.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Beyond the Hit: Muscle and Vascular Tissue Responses to Contact Exposure in Collision Sports-A Narrative Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Review
- The Acute Effects of Ball Pressure on Anticipation Timing Following a Series of Purposeful Headers in Adult Football (Soccer) Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Sub-concussive head impacts from heading footballs do not acutely alter brain excitability as compared to a control group.PloS one · 2024Article
- Repeated Sub-Concussive Impacts and the Negative Effects of Contact Sports on Cognition and Brain Integrity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- The Reliability of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation-Derived Corticomotor Inhibition as a Brain Health Evaluation Tool in Soccer Players.Sports medicine - open · 2022Article
- Dual-Task Gait Performance Following Head Impact Exposure in Male and Female Collegiate Rugby Players.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2022Article
- Head Accelerations during a 1-on-1 Rugby Tackling Drill Performed by Experienced Rugby Union Players.Brain sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
Concussion is known to detrimentally affect brain health. Rugby tackles commonly occur with high collision force between tackler and ball carrier, and low impact head contact is not uncommon. Cognitive deficits following a bout of soccer ball heading has been attributed to the impact and termed sub-concussion. Although soccer ball heading studies provide evidence for acute effects of sub-concussion, it is unknown whether this phenomenon occurs following rugby tackles. This study investigates the acute effects of rugby tackles on brain function and balance in rugby players. Twenty-six volunteers were assigned to either the ball carrier (9), tackler (9) or control (8) group. Controls performed running without the tackle. Outcome measures included corticomotor function using transcranial magnetic brain stimulation (TMS) and balance was assessed by a series of tasks performed on a NeuroCom Balance Master before and immediately after a tackle training drill. Following the tackling bout, the cortical silent period (cSP) increased for the tacklers with no change for ball carrier and control groups, and no differences between groups for balance measures were observed. Lengthening of cSP observed in the tacklers following the bout has been reported in studies of concussion and may indicate long term detrimental effects.
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