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Epidemiological Review of Injuries in Rugby Union

by
Jean-François Kaux
1,2,3,*,
Marc Julia
4,
François Delvaux
3,
Jean-Louis Croisier
2,3,
Bénédicte Forthomme
2,3,
Damien Monnot
4,
Marie Chupin
3,
Jean-Michel Crielaard
2,3,
Caroline Le Goff
2,
Patrick Durez
5,
Philippe Ernst
1,
Sébastien Guns
1 and
Arnaud Laly
1
1
Training Center of the Ligue Belge Francophone de Rugby (LBFR, Belgian French-speaking Rugby League), ADEPS du Blanc Gravier, Allée des Sports, P63, Liège 4000, Belgium
2
Multidisciplinary Medical and Sports Traumatology Service (SPORTS2), Liège CHU, Service de Médecine de l'Appareil Locomoteur et Traumatologie du Sport, CHU et Université de Liège, Avenue de l'Hôpital, B35, Liège 4000, Belgium
3
Department of Motricity Sciences, University of Liège, Allée des Sports, P63, Liège 4000, Belgium
4
Medical Commission of the Fédération Française de Rugby (FFR, French Rugby Federation), Marcoussis 91460, France
5
Medical Commission of the Fédération Belge de Rugby (FBRB, Belgian Rugby Federation), Brussels 1020, Belgium
*
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Academic Editor: Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss
Sports 2015, 3(1), 21-29; https://doi.org/10.3390/sports3010021
Received: 21 November 2013 / Accepted: 14 January 2015 / Published: 23 January 2015
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sports Medicine)
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Abstract

Rugby is a sport that is growing in popularity. A contact sport par excellence, it causes a significant number of injuries. In Rugby Union, there are 30 to 91 injuries per 1000 match hours. This epidemiological review of injuries incurred by rugby players mentions the position and type of injuries, the causes, time during the match and season in which they occur and the players’ positions as well as the length of players’ absences following the injury. View Full-Text
Keywords: injuries; Rugby Union; epidemiology injuries; Rugby Union; epidemiology
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
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Kaux, J.-F.; Julia, M.; Delvaux, F.; Croisier, J.-L.; Forthomme, B.; Monnot, D.; Chupin, M.; Crielaard, J.-M.; Goff, C.L.; Durez, P.; Ernst, P.; Guns, S.; Laly, A. Epidemiological Review of Injuries in Rugby Union. Sports 2015, 3, 21-29. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports3010021

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Kaux J-F, Julia M, Delvaux F, Croisier J-L, Forthomme B, Monnot D, Chupin M, Crielaard J-M, Goff CL, Durez P, Ernst P, Guns S, Laly A. Epidemiological Review of Injuries in Rugby Union. Sports. 2015; 3(1):21-29. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports3010021

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Kaux, Jean-François; Julia, Marc; Delvaux, François; Croisier, Jean-Louis; Forthomme, Bénédicte; Monnot, Damien; Chupin, Marie; Crielaard, Jean-Michel; Goff, Caroline L.; Durez, Patrick; Ernst, Philippe; Guns, Sébastien; Laly, Arnaud. 2015. "Epidemiological Review of Injuries in Rugby Union" Sports 3, no. 1: 21-29. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports3010021

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