Incidence of concussion in men's Super League, Championship, and Academy rugby league matches between 2016 and 2022

To quantify the incidence of concussion and compare between playing levels in male rugby league. Retrospective cohort. Between 2016 and 2022, medically diagnosed concussions in Super League, Championship, and Academy competitions were reported to the Rugby Football League via club medical staff. Ano...

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Published in:Journal of science and medicine in sport 2023-10, Vol.26 (10), p.539-544
Main Authors: Eastwood, David, Owen, Cameron, Phillips, Gemma, Williams, Sean, Brown, James, Gardner, Andrew J., Hendricks, Sharief, Johnston, Rich D., Stokes, Keith, Tadmor, Daniel, Till, Kevin, Whitehead, Sarah, Jones, Ben
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brain injury
Concussion
Consciousness
Contact sport
COVID-19
Epidemiology
Fainting
Injury
Rugby
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Summary:To quantify the incidence of concussion and compare between playing levels in male rugby league. Retrospective cohort. Between 2016 and 2022, medically diagnosed concussions in Super League, Championship, and Academy competitions were reported to the Rugby Football League via club medical staff. Anonymised data were analysed using generalised linear mixed-effects models by season, month, and between competitions. Overall, 1403 concussions were identified from 104,209 player-match hours. Concussion incidence for Super League, Championship, and Academy was 15.5, 10.5, and 14.3 per 1000 player-match hours, respectively. Championship concussion incidence was significantly lower than the Super League (p 
ISSN:1440-2440
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DOI:10.1016/j.jsams.2023.09.001