1. Analysis of Tackling Events Leading to Mild Cervical Injuries in Collegiate Rugby Union.
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Keita Suzuki, Satoshi Nagai, Koichi Iwai, Ryo Ogaki, Takuo Furukawa, and Masahiro Takemura
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CERVICAL vertebrae injuries ,RUGBY Union football ,TACKLING (Rugby) ,BRACHIAL plexus neuropathies ,SPORTS injuries - Abstract
The present study aimed to determine the mechanisms of mild cervical injuries caused by tackling in a rugby union. This study enrolled 137 male players from a Japanese collegiate rugby union club during the 2009-2013 seasons. Twenty-nine (53.7%) of 54 incidents leading to mild cervical injury were identified from match video records and injury data that were reported under the definition of medical attention. In addition, all tackles by players in the same match in which they sustained cervical injury were extracted as a control cohort. All tackles were coded according to eleven characteristics of three tackle phases. Twenty-one tackles were the main events leading to mild cervical injury. The likelihood of tacklerassociated mild cervical injuries was significantly higher when tacklers had no time to face forward at the offside line before tackle situations, tackles with incorrect tackler head positions, and not using arms after initial contact. These results suggest that further investigation is needed to determine specific tackling characteristics considering the three tackle phases and their combined effects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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