Injury surveillance in a rugby tournament

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dc.contributor.authorWekesa, Moni
dc.contributor.authorAsembo, J M
dc.contributor.authorNjororai, W W S
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-04T10:09:20Z
dc.date.available2020-02-04T10:09:20Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.description.abstractObjective-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 qualifying 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 of injuries in rugby.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWekesa,M., Asembo, J.M., Njororai, W.W.S. Injury surveillance in a rugby tournament. BrJ Sports Med 1996;30:61-63en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.daystar.ac.ke/handle/123456789/3110
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBritish Journal of Sports Medicineen_US
dc.subjectInjuriesen_US
dc.subjectRugby football.en_US
dc.titleInjury surveillance in a rugby tournamenten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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