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- Title
- Mild traumatic brain injury among a cohort of rugby union players : predictors of time to injury
- Related
- British journal of sports medicine, Vol. 45, Issue 12, (2011), p.997-999
- DOI
- 10.1136/bjsm.2010.079707
- Publisher
- BMJ Publishing Group
- Date
- 2011
- Author/Creator
- Hollis, Stephanie J
- Author/Creator
- Stevenson, Mark R
- Author/Creator
- McIntosh, Andrew S
- Author/Creator
- Li, Ling
- Author/Creator
- Heritier, Stephane
- Author/Creator
- Shores, E. Arthur
- Author/Creator
- Collins, Michael W
- Author/Creator
- Finch, Caroline F
- Description
- This study reports the time to sustain a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) among a cohort of community rugby union players. Demographic and player characteristics were collected and players followed up for between one and three playing seasons. 7% of the cohort sustained an mTBI within 10 h of game time, increasing twofold to 14% within 20 h. The mean time to first mTBI was 8 h with an SD of 6.2 (median 6.8 h; IQR: 2.9-11.7 h). Players reporting a recent history of concussion were 20% more likely to sustain an mTBI after 20 h of game time compared with those with no recent history of concussion. Players were likely to sustain an mTBI in shorter time if they trained for <3 h/week (HR=1.48, p=0.03) or had a body mass index <2 7 (HR=1.77, p=0.007). The findings highlight modifiable characteristics to reduce the likelihood of shortened time to mTBI.
- Description
- 3 page(s)
- Subject Keyword
- 170100 Psychology
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Department of Psychology
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/142424
- Identifier
- mq:15740
- Identifier
- ISSN:0306-3674
- Identifier
- mq-rm-2011002208
- Identifier
- mq_res-ext-2-s2.0-80052631829
- Language
- eng
- Reviewed
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