Twenty year analysis of professional men’s rugby union knee injuries from the English premiership shows high rates and burden
Stephen W West, Sam J Hudson, Lindsay Starling, Matthew Cross, Sean Williams, Carly D McKay, Dario Cazzola, John H M Brooks, Rory Murray, Andy Williams, Simon P T Kemp, Keith A Stokes · 2024
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West and colleagues analyzed in 2024 twenty seasons of knee injury data from professional men's rugby union in the English Premiership. Match knee injuries were common, at about ten per thousand hours played. Each cost roughly fifty days of absence on average. Medial collateral ligament injuries occurred most often. Cruciate ligament injuries were the most severe.
Injury counts did not fall over the two decades, and days lost per injury actually grew. Artificial pitches carried a higher match injury rate than grass. The tackle caused most knee injuries, except cruciate injuries, which came from running. The authors call prevention of knee injuries a priority.
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| CREATOR | Stephen W West, Sam J Hudson, Lindsay Starling, Matthew Cross, Sean Williams, Carly D McKay, Dario Cazzola, John H M Brooks, Rory Murray, Andy Williams, Simon P T Kemp, Keith A Stokes |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |