The Effect of Bye Weeks on Injury Event Rates in the Canadian Football League
Bye weeks do not appear to meaningfully reduce the injury event rate. Furthermore, there was no injury reduction when adding additional bye weeks to the schedule.
Authors
- Robert G. McCormack (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8300-2279)
- Shane Hoeber
- Caitlin Lee
- Ian Shrier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9914-3498)
- Dhiren Naidu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6118-8768)
- Russell Steele (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1071-0914)
- Arijit Nandi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3399-0536)
- Brice Batomen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5772-120X)
Institutions
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- McGill University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine
- Published
- 2024-09-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/jsm.0000000000001272
- Primary Topic
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00