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Citation: Tee, JC and Till, K and Jones, B (2018) Injury risk in academy level rugby league match play: a single season prospective cohort study. In: European College of Sport Sciences Annual Congress 2018, 04 July 2018 - 07 July 2018, Dublin, Ireland. (Unpublished) Link to Leeds Beckett Repository record: http://eprints.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/5120/ Document Version: Conference or Workshop Item The aim of the Leeds Beckett Repository is to provide open access to our research, as required by funder policies and permitted by publishers and copyright law. The Leeds Beckett repository holds a wide range of publications, each of which has been checked for copyright and the relevant embargo period has been applied by the Research Services team. We operate on a standard take-down policy. If you are the author or publisher of an output and you would like it removed from the repository, please contact us and we will investigate on a case-by-case basis. Each thesis in the repository has been cleared where necessary by the author for third party copyright. If you would like a thesis to be removed from the repository or believe there is an issue with copyright, please contact us on [email protected] and we will investigate on a case-by-case basis.

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Citation:Tee, JC and Till, K and Jones, B (2018) Injury risk in academy level rugby league match play: asingle season prospective cohort study. In: European College of Sport Sciences Annual Congress2018, 04 July 2018 - 07 July 2018, Dublin, Ireland. (Unpublished)

Link to Leeds Beckett Repository record:http://eprints.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/5120/

Document Version:Conference or Workshop Item

The aim of the Leeds Beckett Repository is to provide open access to our research, as required byfunder policies and permitted by publishers and copyright law.

The Leeds Beckett repository holds a wide range of publications, each of which has beenchecked for copyright and the relevant embargo period has been applied by the Research Servicesteam.

We operate on a standard take-down policy. If you are the author or publisher of an outputand you would like it removed from the repository, please contact us and we will investigate on acase-by-case basis.

Each thesis in the repository has been cleared where necessary by the author for third partycopyright. If you would like a thesis to be removed from the repository or believe there is an issuewith copyright, please contact us on [email protected] and we will investigate on acase-by-case basis.

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Injury risk in academy level rugby league match play: a single season

prospec9ve cohort study Dr.JasonTee,Prof.KevinTillandProf.BenJones

Twi6er:@JasonCTee email:[email protected]

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Ra9onale •  Thesafetymajorconcernforplayers,parents,coachesandthesport’sgoverningbody.• Currently,thereisnopublishedresearchregardinginjuryinacademylevelrugbyleagueinEngland.

Twi6er:@JasonCTee email:[email protected]

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Methods Datacollec2on•  Teamphysiotherapistsfromthreeacademiescollectedinjurydataoneseason•  Physiotherapistswerepaidforservicesas“clubinjurysurveillanceofficers”

InjuryDefini2on“Anyphysicalcomplaint,thatwassustainedbyaplayerduringarugby

matchorrugbytraining,thatresultsinaplayerbeingunabletotakeafullpartinfuturerugbytrainingormatchplayfora

periodof>24hours.”Fulleret.al.,(2007)IRBconsensusstatement.BJSM

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Par9cipants Compe99on Demands

•  81academylevelrugbyleagueplayers•  Age17.8±0.8years•  Stature108±6•  Bodymass87.5±11.3kg•  Exposure1022hoursofmatchplay

Season-FebruarytoAugust20matchesin27weeks(plusplayoffmatches)

Matches•  High-speedrunningand

sprin_ng•  shortboutsofstanding,walking

andjogging•  Frequentcollisionsand

wrestlingboutsJohnstonetal.,SportsMed2014

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Injury outcomes Injuryincidence:85injuries/1000h(95%CI67-103)Meanseverity:22±19daysInjuryburden:1870daysper1000hmatchplay

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Academy Super League

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Inju

ries

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Comparison with professional compe99on

Nodifferenceinincidence,severityorburdenEuropeanSuperLeagueFitzpatricketal.,2017JSciMedSport

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Most costly injuries Shoulderinjuriesaccountof28%oftotalinjuryburden

Concussionoccurringmorefrequentlythanprofessionalrugby

league

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Inju

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mpa

rison

Concussion

316days/1000h

Shoulder525days/1000h

Hamstring29days/1000h

Knee

261days/1000h

Ankle322/1000h

Concussion55days/1000h

Shoulder

276/1000h

Hamstring101/1000h

Knee

470/1000h

Ankle256/1000h

EuropeanSuperLeagueAcademyRugbyLeague

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Injury risk factors Backsvs.forwards

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Timeinmatch1st quarter 10%2nd quarter 36%3rd quarter 21% 4th quarter 33%

63% Forwards

37% Backs %oftotalinjuryburden

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Injury risk factors Contactvs.Non-contact

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Contactevent

72% Contact

28% Non-contact %oftotalinjuryburden

63% Tackled29% Tackler2% Collision6% Ruck area involvement

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Summary •  FirstresearchtodocumenttheinjuryriskofAcademylevelrugbyleagueintheUK.•  TheinjuryriskandburdenisthesameinRFLAcademyrugbyleagueandEuropeanSuperLeaguerugbycompe__ons.•  Teamscanexpecttolose32playerdaystoinjurypermatchplayed.• Onaverage,teamswillhave4players(15%squad)unavailableforselec_oneachweekduetoinjury.•  Forwardsareatamuchhigherinjuryriskthanbacks•  Themajorityofinjuriesaretheresultoftackleeventswiththetackledplayerinjuredmoreojenthanthetackler.

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Call to ac9on! Whatnext?

Injuryinterven_onfocusingon•  Tackletechnique•  Shoulderstrengthandstability• Anklestrengthandstability

Acknowledgements

• RichardHunwicks,Prof.BenJonesandtheRFLfortheirsupportofthisproject.• Par_cipa_ngacademiesandthephysiotherapists

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