Concussion in Australian community rugby union part 1: a nationwide concussion management procedure

This paper describes the Rugby Australia CMP. Through the CMP, data on the number of suspected and confirmed concussions can be obtained, together with key player (eg, age group) and game (eg, time in season) features and used for surveillance (quantifying concussion/ blue card occurrence) in community rugby.

Authors

Warren McDonald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3337-2922)
Lauren V. Fortington (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2760-9249)
Grant L. Iverson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-9570)
Andrew John Gardner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5031-5586)

Institutions

Edith Cowan University (AU)
The University of Sydney (AU)
University of Canberra (AU)
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (US)
ACT Government (AU)

Publication Details

Journal: Injury Prevention
Published: 2025-10-13
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/ip-2024-045543
Primary Topic: Traumatic Brain Injury Research
Type: article
Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 0.00

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Concussion in Australian community rugby union part 1: a nationwide concussion management procedure

Warren McDonald, Lauren V. Fortington, Grant L. Iverson, Andrew John Gardner

Oct 13, 2025

Injury Prevention

Traumatic Brain Injury Research

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Concussion in Australian community rugby union part 1: a nationwide concussion management procedure

Warren McDonald, Lauren V. Fortington, Grant L. Iverson, Andrew John Gardner

October 13, 2025article en

Abstract

This paper describes the Rugby Australia CMP. Through the CMP, data on the number of suspected and confirmed concussions can be obtained, together with key player (eg, age group) and game (eg, time in season) features and used for surveillance (quantifying concussion/ blue card occurrence) in community rugby.

Injury Prevention

Edith Cowan University (AU), The University of Sydney (AU), University of Canberra (AU), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (US), ACT Government (AU)

Openalex Percentile: Top 61%

Traumatic Brain Injury Research

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