The incidence and occurrence of injuries to junior rugby league players in a tropical environment
Inglis, Paul Richard, Doma, Kenji, and Deakin, Glen Bede (2019) The incidence and occurrence of injuries to junior rugby league players in a tropical environment. Journal of Human Kinetics, 67 (1). pp. 101-110.
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Abstract
This study investigated the effect of the environment, jersey color and ground conditions on injury rates in junior rugby-league players in a tropical environment. Injury, environment and ground condition data were collected during each game, over one season (n = 12 rounds). The study investigated three teams (n = 64): one under-16 team in striped jerseys and two under-14 teams in black and orange jerseys. The injury rates for the under-16 team (83.3/1000 hrs) were higher than for the under-14 teams in black (69.9/1000 hrs) and orange (59.9/1000 hrs) jerseys. In the under16 team, a negative correlation (r = -0.66, p < 0.05) was found between players’ injuries and heat index, while in the under-14 team in black jerseys, a positive correlation was observed (r = 0.90, p < 0.01), although in the under-14 team in orange, no significant correlation was found (r = 0.140, p > 0.05). In the under-14 team in black, a significant correlation (r = 0.80, p < 0.01) between players’ injuries and the temperature was observed. However, no correlations were found with any other variables per group (p > 0.05) and injury rates were not different between the teams (p > 0.05). While ground conditions had no effect on injury rates, it appears that the heat acted as a protection against injury for teams with striped and orange jerseys. However, black jerseys may put players at an increased risk of injury during hot and humid day games.
Item ID: | 58914 |
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Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
ISSN: | 1899-7562 |
Keywords: | ground conditions; heat; humidity; garment color |
Copyright Information: | © Editorial Committee of Journal of Human Kinetics. This is an open access article under the terms of a Creative Commons (CCxNC-ND 3.0) license. |
Date Deposited: | 15 Jul 2019 04:19 |
FoR Codes: | 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4207 Sports science and exercise > 420702 Exercise physiology @ 50% 32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES > 3202 Clinical sciences > 320225 Sports medicine @ 50% |
SEO Codes: | 92 HEALTH > 9299 Other Health > 929999 Health not elsewhere classified @ 100% |
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