@article{ref1,
title="“Recognize and remove": a universal principle for the management of sports injuries",
journal="Clinical journal of sport medicine",
year="2018",
author="Fuller, Colin W.",
volume="28",
number="4",
pages="377-381",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To identify the locations and types of injury that result in players not being immediately removed from the field of play when injured and to quantify the magnitude of the situation. <br><br>DESIGN: Prospective cohort epidemiological study with definitions and procedures compliant with the international consensus statement for studies in rugby. SETTING: Sevens World Series (SWS) (2008-2016) and Rugby World Cup (RWC) (2007, 2011, 2015). PARTICIPANTS: Players from 17 countries taking part in the SWS and 22 countries taking part in the RWC. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Location, type, and mean severity of injury, period of match when the injury occurred and whether players were removed from the field of play when injured. <br><br>RESULTS: Injured players (51.5%) in the SWS and 33.1% of injured players in the RWC were immediately removed from the field of play at the time of injury. The percentages of players immediately removed varied from 16.7% for hand fractures (severity: 71 days) to 96.7% for shoulder dislocations/subluxations (severity: 105 days) during the SWS and from 4.5% for shoulder ligament sprains (severity: 25 days) to 65.9% for concussions (severity: 9 days) during the RWC. The percentage of players immediately removed from play when injured was not related to the severity of the injury sustained. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: A high proportion of players continue to play (in the same game) after sustaining an injury although the likelihood of being removed from play is not dependent on injury severity.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1050-642X",
doi="10.1097/JSM.0000000000000510",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JSM.0000000000000510"
}