The Effect of Changing Weekly Contact Training Duration Beyond Current Guidelines on Head Acceleration Events in Rugby Union
HAEs were reduced in all scenarios, but the reduction was relatively small due to the low overall rate of HAEs in training. Policymakers should be aware of the tradeoffs involved in any change. Managing individuals with higher HAE exposures may be more appropriate than reducing contact training guidelines.
Authors
- Ross Tucker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4294-4822)
- James Tooby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5398-4416)
- Simon Kemp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8880-2416)
- Éanna Cian Falvey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3961-1805)
- Matt Cross (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0675-5618)
- Mark S. Gilthorpe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8783-7695)
- Sharief Hendricks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3416-6266)
- Keith Stokes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5049-2838)
- Lindsay Toyah Starling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1275-6908)
- Cameron Owen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6518-1389)
- Thomas Sawczuk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4243-132X)
- James C. Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2704-8699)
- Ben Jones
- Sam Hudson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0841-7009)
- Greg Roe
Institutions
- Practical Action (GB)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Stellenbosch University (ZA)
- University College Cork (IE)
- The Football Association (GB)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- World Rugby (IE)
- University of Bath (GB)
- Leeds Beckett University (GB)
- Australian Catholic University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Sports Medicine
- Published
- 2025-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-025-02359-3
- Primary Topic
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00