ArticleFrontiers in sports and active living2024
Relationship between the contact load and time-loss injuries in rugby union.
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- Acute:chronic workload ratio and load management for team sports: a multilevel meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Contributors to negative biopsychosocial outcomes in rugby players (CoNBO): part 1 the systematic review.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2026Article
- Acute to chronic workload ratio (ACWR) for predicting sports injury risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Review
- Analysis of Positional Physical Demands in Tier 2 Rugby Union: A Multivariate Approach over Speed Ranges.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Injury Incidences related to Acute-to-Chronic Workload Ratios in Taekwondo: A Prospective Study with a 3-Year Follow-Up.Journal of athletic training · 2025Article
- Contact load is associated with both contact and non-contact injuries in rugby union.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Objective: Quantifying and managing the matches and training loads of players is important for injury prevention. As rugby union is a full-contact sport and frequent contact injuries occur, it might also be important to quantify and manage players' contact loads. This study aimed to clarify the relationship between contact load and injury incidence in elite rugby union players. Methods: Forty-eight elite rugby union players (27.0 ± 3.5 years) in Japan were monitored during one season (8 months). The contact load, an index of training load, was evaluated as collision count and collision load measured using a global positioning system device, and then calculated using the acute:chronic workload ratio (ACWR) based on the exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA). The association between the EWMA-ACWR of contact load and injury incidence was analyzed using generalized estimating equations. Results: Of the 58 injuries during one season, 70.7% were contact injuries. Collision counts and collision load calculated by EWMA-ACWR were associated with the risk of injury ( Conclusion: Contact load calculated using EWMA-ACWR was associated with injury in elite rugby union players.
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