Injuries sustained by high school rugby players in the United States, 2005-2006

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Christy L CollinsR Dawn Comstock

Abstract

To describe the incidence and characteristics of injuries among US high school rugby players and to identify possible injury risk factors. Descriptive epidemiological study. The 2005 and 2006 US high school rugby seasons. A convenience sample of 121 boys' and girls' US high school rugby clubs. Main Exposures Exposure to playing rugby. Incidence, characteristics, and risk factors of rugby injuries. Enrolled clubs reported 594 injuries during 113,641 total high school rugby athletic exposures (81,627 practice exposures and 32,014 match exposures). Rugby injury rates were 5.2 injuries per 1000 total athletic exposures, 1.3 injuries per 1000 practice exposures, and 15.2 injuries per 1000 match exposures. The mean age of the injured athletes was 16.5 years (SD, 1.2 years; range, 13-19 years) and 87.0% were male. The most commonly injured body sites were the head (21.7%), ankle (13.3%), and shoulder (12.8%). Fractures (16.0%), concussions (15.8%), and ligament sprains (incomplete tears) (15.7%) were the most common diagnoses. Practice and competition injuries were similar with respect to the proportion of concussions and head, shoulder, ankle, and knee injuries. More than half of all injuries resulted from being tackled (30.8%) and t...Continue Reading

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