More than 50% of players sustained a time-loss injury (>1 day of lost training or playing time) during the 2012 Super Rugby Union Tournament: a prospective cohort study of 17 340 player-hours

Abstract

Abstract:Background: Professional rugby union is a contact sport with a high risk of injury.

Match injury incidence during the Super Rugby tournament is high: a prospective cohort study over five seasons involving 93 641 player-hours

“…The proportion of injured players (injured player proportion, IPP) (also known as a period prevalence) was calculated as the per cent of players injured during the tournament. In addition, the IPP for different grades of injury severity was also reported 5. The burden of match injuries in the 5-year period was calculated as days lost per 1000 match hours.…”

How much is too much? (Part 1) International Olympic Committee consensus statement on load in sport and risk of injury

“…However, no link has yet been established for injuries. Fuller et al 217 and Schwellnus et al 218 found no evidence to suggest that extensive air travel and crossing multiple time zones led to an increase risk of injury in elite rugby union players. Similarly, Fowler et al 219 observed no significant effect of regular national travel on recovery or injury rate in professional Australian soccer players.…”

Higher shoe-surface interaction is associated with doubling of lower extremity injury risk in football codes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

“…Lower extremity injuries are prevalent across the football codes including soccer,1 Australian rules football,2 gaelic football,3 rugby league,4 rugby union5 and American football 6. Elite soccer players sustain an average of two injuries per season1 and collegiate American football players have approximately five injuries per 1000 h of playing/practice exposure to their lower limbs 6.…”