Citation

Trewartha G, Stokes K. BMJ 2015; 350: h434.

Affiliation

Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

25630527

Abstract

We fully support and advocate for the need to quantify risk of injury in youth rugby union to provide the evidence base for injury reduction strategies. However, some contemporary evidence is available.

We previously (2006-08) studied injury risk in secondary schools and in professional academies in England (16-18 year olds). Using a 24 hour time loss definition, which includes many “minor” injuries, the incidence …

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