scholarly journals Editorial: How do you diagnosis and manage sports-related concussion (SRC) in road cycling? A Plan for developing SRC-assessment and management protocols within road cycling

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Neil Heron
Keyword(s):  
Rugby Union ◽  
Consensus Meeting ◽  
Injury Surveillance ◽  
Road Cycling

Abstract: Sports-related concussion (SRC) is a common injury within elite road cycling and SRC is typically assessed and managed with a SCAT5. However the SCAT5 cannot be applied to road cycling in its current format and the cycling community therefore need to consider modifications or indeed alternatives to the SCAT5 to allow adequate assessment and management of SRC within road cycling. Potential solutions to consider to improve SRC assessment and management in road cycling include: 1) a SRC consensus meeting to allow modification of the SCAT5 for road cycling; 2) rule alterations to allow ‘pitch-side’ SRC assessment during races; 3) epidemiological injury surveillance within road cycling to better understand the issues around SRC; and, 4) better use of technologies to help diagnose SRC. We hope that these solutions can go some way to bridging the gap between SRC assessment and management between our own sport of road cycling and those with maturing SRC protocols, such as rugby union.

scholarly journals Four-year match injury surveillance in male Welsh professional Rugby Union teams

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 26-32
Author(s):  
Charlotte Leah Bitchell ◽  
Prabhat Mathema ◽  
Isabel S Moore
Keyword(s):  
Rugby Union ◽  
Injury Surveillance

scholarly journals Guidelines for community-based injury surveillance in rugby union

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. 1314-1318 ◽  
Author(s):  
James C. Brown ◽  
Matthew Cross ◽  
Michael England ◽  
Caroline F. Finch ◽  
Gordon W. Fuller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rugby Union ◽  
Injury Surveillance ◽  
Community Based

Trends in match injury risk in professional male rugby union: a 16-season review of 10 851 match injuries in the English Premiership (2002–2019): the Professional Rugby Injury Surveillance Project

2020 ◽  
pp. bjsports-2020-102529
Author(s):  
Stephen W West ◽  
Lindsay Starling ◽  
Simon Kemp ◽  
Sean Williams ◽  
Matthew Cross ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Injury Risk ◽  
Injury Severity ◽  
Rugby Union ◽  
Injury Surveillance ◽  
Injury Incidence ◽  
Match Play ◽  
Common Activity ◽  
Long Term Trends ◽  
The Mean

ObjectivesThe Professional Rugby Injury Surveillance Project is the largest and longest running rugby union injury surveillance project globally and focuses on the highest level of rugby in England.MethodsWe examined match injuries in professional men’s rugby over the period 2002/2003 to 2018/2019 and described trends in injuries over this time.ResultsOver the period 2002/2003–2018/2019, 10 851 injuries occurred in 1 24 952 hours of match play, equating to a mean of 57 injuries per club per season and one injury per team per match. The mean incidence, severity (days absence) and burden (days absence/1000 hours) of injury were 87/1000 hours (95% CI 82 to 92), 25 days (95% CI 22 to 28) and 2178 days/1000 hours (95% CI 1872 to 2484), respectively. The tackle accounted for 43% injuries with running the second most common activity during injury (12%). The most common injury location was the head/face with an incidence of 11.3/1000 hours, while the location with the highest overall burden was the knee (11.1 days/1000 hours). Long-term trends demonstrated stable injury incidence and proportion of injured players, but an increase in the mean and median severity of injuries. Concussion incidence, severity and burden increased from the 2009/2010 season onwards and from 2011 to 2019 concussion was the most common injury.ConclusionThe rise in overall injury severity and concussion incidence are the most significant findings from this work and demonstrate the need for continued efforts to reduce concussion risk as well as a greater understanding of changes in injury severity over time.

scholarly journals The South African Rugby Union Youth Weeks Injury Surveillance Report 2018

10.17159/6365 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
L Starling ◽  
C Readhead ◽  
W Viljoen ◽  
M Lambert
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Rugby Union ◽  
Injury Surveillance ◽  
The South ◽  
Surveillance Report

The South African Rugby Union Youth Weeks Injury Surveillance Report 2018

scholarly journals Injury Surveillance in Amateur Rugby Union in Ireland

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. 707
Author(s):  
Tom M. Comyns ◽  
Caitriona Yeomans ◽  
Roisin Cahalan ◽  
Giles Warrington ◽  
Liam Glynn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rugby Union ◽  
Injury Surveillance

172 RUISS 2002-2004: three years of injury surveillance in Rugby Union

2005 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
T. Savage ◽  
A. McIntosh ◽  
J. Best ◽  
J. Orchard
Keyword(s):  
Rugby Union ◽  
Injury Surveillance

scholarly journals The South African Rugby Union Youth Weeks Injury Surveillance Report 2018

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
L Starling ◽  
C Readhead ◽  
W Viljoen ◽  
M Lambert
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Rugby Union ◽  
Injury Surveillance ◽  
The South ◽  
Surveillance Report

The South African Rugby Union Youth Weeks Injury Surveillance Report 2018

scholarly journals Rugby World Cup 2019 injury surveillance study

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Fuller ◽  
Aileen Taylor ◽  
Marc Douglas ◽  
Martin Raftery
Keyword(s):  
Team Sports ◽  
Epidemiologic Studies ◽  
Rugby Union ◽  
Injury Surveillance ◽  
Muscle Strain ◽  
World Cup ◽  
Posterior Thigh ◽  
Full Contact ◽  
Severity Of Injury ◽  
Ligament Sprain

Background: Full contact team sports, such as rugby union, have high incidences of injury. Injury surveillance studies underpin player welfare programmes in rugby union. Objective: To determine the incidence, severity, nature and causes of injuries sustained during the Rugby World Cup 2019. Methods: A prospective, whole population study following the definitions and procedures recommended in the consensus statement for epidemiologic studies in rugby union. Output measures included players’ age (years), stature (cm), body mass (kg), playing position, and group-level incidence (injuries/1000 player-hours), severity (days- absence), injury burden (days absence/1000 player-hours), location (%), type (%) and inciting event (%) of injuries. Results: Overall incidences of injury were 79.4 match injuries/1000 player-match-hours (95% CI: 67.4 to 93.6) and 1.5 training injuries/1000 player-training-hours (95% CI: 1.0 to 2.3). The overall mean severity of injury was 28.9 (95% CI: 20.0 to 37.8) days absence during matches and 14.8 (95% CI: 4.1 to 25.5) days absence during training. The most common locations and types of match injuries were head/face (22.4%), posterior thigh (12.6%), ligament sprain (21.7%) and muscle strain (20.3%); the ankle (24.0%), posterior thigh (16.0%), muscle strain (44.0%) and ligament sprain (16.0%) were the most common locations and types of injuries during training. Tackling (28.7%), collisions (16.9%) and running (16.9%) were responsible for most match injuries and non-contact (36.0%) and contact (32.0%) rugby skills activities for training injuries. Conclusion: The incidence, severity, nature and inciting events associated with match and training injuries at Rugby World Cup 2019 were similar to those reported for Rugby World Cups 2007, 2011 and 2015.

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