Rugby football injuries.

Abstract

A review of one thousand injuries due to Rugby Football is reported. There is a high incidence of fracture (15.7%) and head injury of various types (14.0%) in this series although only four adults required immediate hospital admission for the head injury.

Traumatic fracture-dislocation of the hip following rugby tackle: a case report

“…Head and neck are the common regions injured and these injuries are usually ligamentous in origin. Concussion in head injuries and lower limb fractures account for two percent each in this sport [ 1 , 2 ], and [ 3 ].…”

Posterior Fracture-Dislocation of the Hip in Sports

“…Injuries to the head and neck region and lower extremity injuries account for the majority of injuries in rugby football [6][7][8]. However, the incidence of severe injuries within this sport appears to be low.…”

“…However, the incidence of severe injuries within this sport appears to be low. The overall incidence of concussion which may be associated with disturbed cerebral function is approximately 2% [6,8], and fractures of the lower extremities account for only 2% of the rugby injuries [6,7]. The most common injuries in rugby players are ligamentous in origin, and surgical intervention is rarely required [6,8].…”

“…A review of the literature revealed only 13 cases of traumatic hip dislocations during different recreational sports including skiing, biking, basketball, jogging, gymnastics, and equestrian sports [3][4][5][6][7][9][10][11][12]. These 13 cases included five hip dislocations without additional information about the direction of dislocation [6,7,9], five posterior hip dislocations [4,5,11], and three fracture-dislocations [3,10,12] (Table 1). To our knowledge, a posterior fracture-dislocation in a rugby player has not been reported in the literature.…”

Equestrian injuries--a one year prospective study.

“…He first had left upper abdominal tenderness but there was no radiological evidence either abdominally or thoracically of injury and a four quadrant tap was negative. His condition improved and he was discharged four Horse riding seems to be a relatively safe pursuit with an incidence of only 0.2 injuries per 100 rides and this compares favourably with other popular sports such as rugby football (Adams, 1977). However, as there is a high incidence of injury in young riders, they should be supervised carefully.…”