Twenty year analysis of professional men's rugby union knee injuries from the English premiership shows high rates and burden.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the rates, severity and burden of knee injuries in professional male rugby union from the English Premiership.

Methods

Injury and exposure data were captured over 20 seasons using a prospective cohort design. Knee injury incidence, days' absence and burden were recorded for each injury type and by pitch surface type for match and training.

Results

The rate of knee injury in matches was 9.8/1000 hours (95% CIs 9.3-10.3). Mean days lost were 50 (95% CI 46 to 53) in matches and 51 (95% CI 44 to 57) in training. In matches, medial collateral ligament injuries were the most common, while anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries had the highest mean severity and burden. There was no significant change in the count of knee injuries over time; however

SUBMITTER: West SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11672057 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature