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Cape Town
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Sports scientist, PhD Exercise Physiology. The Science of Sport podcast. Not on here much these days. Find me at scienceofsportpodcast.discourse.group/
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Higher contact tackles from upright tacklers increases the risk of Head Injury removals in Elite Women’s Rugby Union: A case-control study

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By Ross Tucker
| Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Keywords Concussion risk rugby women prevention head injury tackle Get full text access Log in, subscribe or purchase for full access. References 1. Curtis, C. ∙ Mitchell, S. ∙ Russell, M. Match-Play Demands and Anthropometric Characteristics of National and International Women's Fifteen-a-side Rugby Union: A Systematic Scoping Review J Strength Cond Res. 2023; 37:e569-e580 2. Seifert, J. ∙ Shah, A.S. ∙ Harezlak, J. ...
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Player and match characteristics associated with head acceleration events in elite-level men’s and women’s rugby union matches

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By David Allan, James Tooby, Lindsay Starling, Ross Tucker
| BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
Head acceleration events (HAEs) mitigation strategies are a priority for rugby union to optimise player welfare. Instrumented mouthguards show promise as an accurate method for on-field HAE measurement. HAEs occurred in on-field regions where contact event occurrence was the highest. Substitutes had a higher HAE incidence than starters over certain PLA recording thresholds for men. No significant differences in match quarter HAE incidence or propensity were found.
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Player and match characteristics associated with head acceleration events in elite-level men’s and women’s rugby union matches

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By David Allan, James Tooby, Lindsay Starling, Ross Tucker
| BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
Discussion This study explored how previously researched risk factors for injury—field location, time of match and starters versus substitutes—influence both the incidence and propensity of HAEs during contact events and match play in rugby union to provide insight into the timing and circumstances of HAEs to inform potential interventions that reduce the number of head accelerations players will experience in the game.
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