Risk factors for concussion in under 18, under 22, and professional men's rugby union: A video analysis of 14,809 tackles.

Key Points • This video analysis study assessed 14,809 tackles to identify risk factors for concussions. • Although the incidence rate of concussion was higher in professional rugby players, high school players tended to employ more head-in-front tackles that were highly associated with the risk of concussion. • A high-risk tackle situation was predicted when a professional player employed a head-in-front tackle to the lower extremities of the ball carrier in side-on tackle situations, suggesting that lowering tackle height does not necessarily reduce injury risk.
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Bibliographic Details
Subjects:
Notations:sport games junior sports biological and medical sciences
Tagging:Tackling Gehirnerschütterung
Published in:Sports Medicine - Open
Language:English
Published: 2023
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-023-00642-z
Volume:9
Issue:95
Document types:article
Level:advanced