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Sanctioned illegal high tackles significantly increase concussion risk to both tacklers and ball carriers in elite men’s Rugby Union
Sanctioned illegal high tackles significantly increase concussion risk to both tacklers and ball carriers in elite men’s Rugby Union Statistics from Altmetric.com Request Permissions If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.
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Tackling concussion in professional rugby union: a case-control study of tackle-based risk factors and recommendations for primary prevention
Tackling concussion in professional rugby union: a case–control study of tackle-based risk factors and recommendations for primary prevention Authors Matthew J Cross Professional Rugby Department, Rugby Football Union, Twickenham, London, UK Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles Ross Tucker World Rugby, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles Martin Raftery World Rugby, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles...
Tackling concussion in professional rugby union: a case-control study of tackle-based risk factors and recommendations for primary prevention
Tackling concussion in professional rugby union: a case–control study of tackle-based risk factors and recommendations for primary prevention Matthew J Cross1,2, Ross Tucker3, Martin Raftery3, Ben Hester3, Sean Williams2, Keith A Stokes2, Craig Ranson4,5, Prav Mathema5, Simon Kemp1 1 Professional Rugby Department, Rugby Football Union, Twickenham, London, UK 2 Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK 3 World Rugby, Dublin, Ireland 4 Sports Injury Research Group, Cardiff...
Tackling concussion in professional rugby union: a case-control study of tackle-based risk factors and recommendations for primary prevention
Tackling concussion in professional rugby union: a case–control study of tackle-based risk factors and recommendations for primary prevention Authors Matthew J Cross Professional Rugby Department, Rugby Football Union, Twickenham, London, UKDepartment for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles Ross Tucker World Rugby, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles Martin Raftery World Rugby, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles...
A video analysis of head injuries satisfying the criteria for a head injury assessment in professional Rugby Union: a prospective cohort study
A video analysis of head injuries satisfying the criteria for a head injury assessment in professional Rugby Union: a prospective cohort study Statistics from Altmetric.com Request Permissions If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.
A video analysis of head injuries satisfying the criteria for a head injury assessment in professional Rugby Union: a prospective cohort study
Objectives Concussion is the most common match injury in professional Rugby Union, accounting for 25% of match injuries. The primary prevention of head injuries requires that the injury mechanism be known so that interventions can be targeted to specifically overall incidence by focusing on characteristics with the greatest propensity to cause a head injury.
Tackle technique and body position of the tackler and ball carrier significantly influences head injury risk in rugby union
Ross Tucker1, Ben Hester2, Matthew Cross3, Simon Kemp3, Martin Raftery2 1Department of Medicine, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa 2World Rugby (Pty) Ltd, Dublin, Ireland 3Rugby Football Union, Twickenham, London, England Abstract Objective Interventions to reduce head injury range from law changes to technique training and education. The effective targeting of such interventions requires that the mechanism of injury be well understood.
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