Injury surveillance in a rugby tournament
dc.contributor.author | Asembo, J M | |
dc.contributor.author | Njororai, W W S | |
dc.contributor.author | Wekesa, Moni | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-12-08T14:49:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-12-08T14:49:15Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1996-03-01 | |
dc.description | jornal artice | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Objective-To investigate injuries in international rugby football. Methods-All injuries that led to temporary stoppage of the game or to the substitution of a player during the Rugby World Cup prequalifying tournament were recorded. Six matches were played, involving the Arabian Gulf, Kenya, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. Results-47 injuries were recorded, giving an injury rate of eight per match. The number of injuries decreased from 38-3% in the first matches to 23-4% in the final ones. The most serious injury was a concussion and the majority of the injuries affected soft tissues. Anatomically, the lower limbs suffered most injuries (46-80/6), followed by the head (21-3%), trunk (17-0%), and upper limbs (12-8%). Slightly more injuries occurred in the defensive half of the field of play (53-2%) than in the offensive half (46.8%). More injuries occurred in the second half (61-7%) than in the first half (38.3%). Conclusions-Protective equipment should be introduced to miniimise the number and seriousness ofinjuries in rugby. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Daystar University | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Wekesa. M., J.M. Asembo and W.W.S. Njororai(1996): Injury surveillance in a rugby tournament. Brit. J. Sports Med. 30:61-63. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.daystar.ac.ke/handle/123456789/3995 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Daystar University, school of Law | en_US |
dc.subject | Injury surveillance | en_US |
dc.subject | rugby tournament | en_US |
dc.title | Injury surveillance in a rugby tournament | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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