Epidemiology of injury and associated injury risk factors in South African provincial women's rugby players
The overall match injury incidence rate was comparable to other studies on women's rugby. Contact injuries, lower limb, and muscle/tendon injuries are associated with a significantly higher injury incidence rate.
Authors
- Carel Viljoen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3548-5509)
- Nicola Sewry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1022-4780)
- Lenel Bellingan
Institutions
- Institut Oenologique de Champagne (France) (FR)
- Setshaba Research Centre (ZA)
- University of Pretoria (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Physician and Sportsmedicine
- Published
- 2025-10-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00913847.2025.2580923
- Primary Topic
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00