@article{ref1,
title="Systematic review of rugby injuries in children and adolescents under 21 years",
journal="British journal of sports medicine",
year="2015",
author="Freitag, Andreas and Kirkwood, Graham and Scharer, Sebastian and Ofori-Asenso, Richard and Pollock, Allyson M.",
volume="49",
number="8",
pages="511-519",
abstract="A systematic review of rugby union and league injuries among players under the age of 21 years was carried out to calculate probabilities of match injury for a player over a season and a pooled estimate of match injury incidence where studies were sufficiently similar. The probability of a player being injured over a season ranged from 6% to 90% for rugby union and 68% to 96% for rugby league. The pooled injury incidence estimate for rugby union was 26.7/1000 player-hours for injuries irrespective of need for medical attention or time-loss and 10.3/1000 player-hours for injuries requiring at least 7 days absence from games; equivalent to a 28.4% and 12.1% risk of being injured over a season. Study heterogeneity contributed to a wide variation in injury incidence. Public injury surveillance and prevention systems have been successful in reducing injury rates in other countries. No such system exists in the UK.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-3674",
doi="10.1136/bjsports-2014-093684",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2014-093684"
}