Adolescent female rugby union players' attitudes, beliefs and behaviours towards injury and injury prevention strategies in England.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Within adolescent female rugby union, various effective injury prevention strategies are available to players to mitigate injury. However, little is known regarding the players' attitudes, beliefs and behaviours towards those strategies, as well as injuries. The primary aim of the study was to investigate the attitudes, beliefs, behaviours and injury-reporting behaviours of adolescent female rugby players regarding injury and injury prevention strategies. The secondary aim was to examine associations between individual factors (eg, player demographics) and injury-reporting behaviours.

Methods

Participants completed an online cross-sectional survey and were recruited from under-16 and under-18 rugby teams in schools/colleges, clubs and developing player pa

SUBMITTER: Knight G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12458813 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature