How Much Rugby is Too Much? A Seven-Season Prospective Cohort Study of Match Exposure and Injury Risk in Professional Rugby Union Players.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Numerous studies have documented the incidence and nature of injuries in professional rugby union, but few have identified specific risk factors for injury in this population using appropriate statistical methods. In particular, little is known about the role of previous short-term or longer-term match exposures in current injury risk in this setting.

Objectives

Our objective was to investigate the influence that match exposure has upon injury risk in rugby union.

Method

We conducted a seven-season (2006/7-2012/13) prospective cohort study of time-loss injuries in 1253 English premiership professional players. Players' 12-month match exposure (number of matches a player was involved in for ≥20 min in the preceding 12 months) and 1-month match exposure (nu

SUBMITTER: Williams S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5633632 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature