A survey of injuries in a 1st class Rugby Union Football Club from 1972-1976.

Durkin, T. E.

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“…60/40). This contrasts with a similar study based in Gloucester (Durkin, 1977) where injuries to backs predominated (55/45). It may be postulated that this difference reflects a contrast in style between the game in Ireland compared with England.…”

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The running athlete—roentgenograms and remedies

Finlay¹

1988

Br J Sports Med

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The running athlete—roentgenograms and remedies

Finlay¹

1988

Br J Sports Med

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“…We must also accept that we do not know how many people participate in the various sports available in the Edinburgh area and therefore we can make no assessment of the risk of incurring an injury in a particular sport. Others have attempted to do this for some sports particularly rugby (Walkden, 1975;Weightman & Browne 1974, 1975Durkin, 1977;Sparks, 1981) but these were 1 10 D. A. K. Watters et al club doctors who were able to accurately assess the number of injuries/player hours occurring in their club. A survey of sports injuries presenting to an accident and emergency department is a survey of those injuries which appear serious enough to warrant referral (either by the patient himself or the club doctor) and which then arrive at the chosen accident and emergency department.…”

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Sports injuries in an accident and emergency department.

Watters¹,

Brooks²,

Elton³

et al. 1984

Emergency Medicine Journal

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SUMMARYOver a one year period, 2270 sports injuries were seen in the Accident and Emergency Department at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh. This represented 3 9% of the total new patients seen in that year. Football and rugby were the most frequent sports responsible for injury. Seventy-eight per cent of injured persons were 26 or under and 88-7% of injuries occurred in men. The two months with the most sports injuries were September and February; 74% (1683) patients stated they trained at least once a week and 85% (1895) played the sport in which they were injured at least once a week. Players who did not train were less likely to incur a severe injury than those who did. Fourteen per cent of the injuries were the result of foul play, but again foul play was less likely to cause a serious injury; 41% of injuries were to the lower limb; 45% of injuries were fractures, dislocations, lacerations and head injuries; 7% of patients required admission to hospital and 22% were referred to a clinic. Seventy-seven per cent of the referrals were to the orthopaedic department. The relevance of these figures to the accident and emergency workload is discussed.

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“…However, some rugby union injury data throughout this period in both the adult and schoolboy levels exists. Durkin 12 observed injures in British adult rugby union players over the course of the 1972-1976 seasons and observed that 5.6% of all injures were concussions. Sparks 13 recorded over half a million hours of schoolboy rugby between 1950 and 1980 and observed 9885 injuries, of which 513 (5.2%) were concussion.…”

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The changing nature of concussion in rugby union: Looking back to look forward

Owens

Rose

Marley

et al. 2019

Journal of Concussion

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Introduction: Concussion is regularly observed in rugby union and has generated a growing public health concern, yet remains one of the least understood injuries facing the sports medicine community. Evidence suggests that multiple concussions may increase susceptibility to long-term neurological complications that present decades after the initial injury for reasons that remain unclear. We aimed to determine the incidence rate and risk factors for concussion amongst community-level rugby union-15s players active during the 1980s given that it may help to better understand the risks and mechanisms of injury. Methods: Injury data were collected from clubs by the coach at the time of injury in players using a 15-item questionnaire (1982-1984). Results: Seventy games were recorded throughout 1982-1983 and 1983-1984 rugby union seasons. Forty-two documented concussions accounted for $6% of injuries corresponding to an incidence rate of 0.64 per 1000 playing hours, more than a third lower than the 'modern-day' equivalent. Tackling (relative risk 1.60, p < 0.05), collisions (relative risk 0.95, p < 0.05) and gum shield use (relative risk 1.69, p < 0.05) were independently associated with concussion whereas no associations were observed for ground condition, quarter of play or players playing out of position (p > 0.05). Conclusion: Despite limitations due to the retrospective focus and reliance on questionnaire data notwithstanding raised awareness of concussion, the incidence rate of concussion during the 1980s appears to be appreciably lower compared to the present-day game. This is the likely outcome of improvements in the clinical understanding of concussion, data collection tools, reporting methods and clinical management of concussive injuries, including changes to both player and game. However, the findings of this study help better understand the risks and mechanisms of injury once encountered by rugby union players active during the 1980s, of which some of those risks are still apparent.

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A survey of injuries in a 1st class Rugby Union Football Club from 1972-1976.

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The running athlete—roentgenograms and remedies

The running athlete—roentgenograms and remedies

Sports injuries in an accident and emergency department.

The changing nature of concussion in rugby union: Looking back to look forward

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