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2021/22 Rugby Europe Injury Surveillance Report: SuperCup, Under-20, and Under-18 Championship

We conducted a prospective cohort study to determine the incidence rate and characterization of the injuries sustained by players during the 2021/22 season of the Rugby Europe SuperCup, Under-20, and Under-18 championships. Team medics reported the injuries, using an online platform. Ethical approva...

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Autores principales: Cruz-Ferreira, António Miguel, Montocchio, Agathe, Usova-Akula, Elena, Tuccelli, Philippe, Marty, Florent
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9914350/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36767165
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031800
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author Cruz-Ferreira, António Miguel
Montocchio, Agathe
Usova-Akula, Elena
Tuccelli, Philippe
Marty, Florent
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Montocchio, Agathe
Usova-Akula, Elena
Tuccelli, Philippe
Marty, Florent
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description We conducted a prospective cohort study to determine the incidence rate and characterization of the injuries sustained by players during the 2021/22 season of the Rugby Europe SuperCup, Under-20, and Under-18 championships. Team medics reported the injuries, using an online platform. Ethical approval and informed consent were obtained. The overall incidence of injuries ranged from 33.33 (95% CI: 18.97–54.60) in the under-18s to 83.33 (95% CI: 60.34–112.40) in the under-20s, while in the SuperCup it was 41.35 (95% CI: 30.30–55.18) injuries per 1000 player-match-hours. Injury severity (mean days) was higher in the SuperCup (38.33) and lower in the Under-18 tournament (28.50). Lower limb and soft tissue were the most common type of injuries. Tackles caused almost two-thirds of all injuries. Concussion accounted for 10.0% to 25.6% of all injuries. Our data are consistent with previous reports for similar levels of competition and age grades. The injury incidence was higher in the senior competitions (Under-20s and SuperCup). However, for the under-20s, injury rates were higher than in the SuperCup. This might be related to the competition format; however, more studies need to be conducted in the future. Concussion is a common injury and the protocols used at this level seems to be effective to identify it.
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spelling pubmed-99143502023-02-11 2021/22 Rugby Europe Injury Surveillance Report: SuperCup, Under-20, and Under-18 Championship Cruz-Ferreira, António Miguel Montocchio, Agathe Usova-Akula, Elena Tuccelli, Philippe Marty, Florent Int J Environ Res Public Health Communication We conducted a prospective cohort study to determine the incidence rate and characterization of the injuries sustained by players during the 2021/22 season of the Rugby Europe SuperCup, Under-20, and Under-18 championships. Team medics reported the injuries, using an online platform. Ethical approval and informed consent were obtained. The overall incidence of injuries ranged from 33.33 (95% CI: 18.97–54.60) in the under-18s to 83.33 (95% CI: 60.34–112.40) in the under-20s, while in the SuperCup it was 41.35 (95% CI: 30.30–55.18) injuries per 1000 player-match-hours. Injury severity (mean days) was higher in the SuperCup (38.33) and lower in the Under-18 tournament (28.50). Lower limb and soft tissue were the most common type of injuries. Tackles caused almost two-thirds of all injuries. Concussion accounted for 10.0% to 25.6% of all injuries. Our data are consistent with previous reports for similar levels of competition and age grades. The injury incidence was higher in the senior competitions (Under-20s and SuperCup). However, for the under-20s, injury rates were higher than in the SuperCup. This might be related to the competition format; however, more studies need to be conducted in the future. Concussion is a common injury and the protocols used at this level seems to be effective to identify it. MDPI 2023-01-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9914350/ /pubmed/36767165 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031800 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Cruz-Ferreira, António Miguel
Montocchio, Agathe
Usova-Akula, Elena
Tuccelli, Philippe
Marty, Florent
2021/22 Rugby Europe Injury Surveillance Report: SuperCup, Under-20, and Under-18 Championship
title 2021/22 Rugby Europe Injury Surveillance Report: SuperCup, Under-20, and Under-18 Championship
title_full 2021/22 Rugby Europe Injury Surveillance Report: SuperCup, Under-20, and Under-18 Championship
title_fullStr 2021/22 Rugby Europe Injury Surveillance Report: SuperCup, Under-20, and Under-18 Championship
title_full_unstemmed 2021/22 Rugby Europe Injury Surveillance Report: SuperCup, Under-20, and Under-18 Championship
title_short 2021/22 Rugby Europe Injury Surveillance Report: SuperCup, Under-20, and Under-18 Championship
title_sort 2021/22 rugby europe injury surveillance report: supercup, under-20, and under-18 championship
topic Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9914350/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36767165
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031800
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