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Injuries In Rugby LEAGUE FOOTBALL
Author(s) -
Alexander D.,
Kennedy M.,
Kennedy J.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1979.tb104138.x
Subject(s) - league , football , club , significant difference , medicine , football club , physical therapy , injury prevention , poison control , surgery , medical emergency , history , anatomy , archaeology , physics , astronomy
All injuries occurring in the top three grades of a New South Wales club were documented over a one‐year period (1978). Two hundred and four injuries were recorded and over half of these injuries (51%) occurred in the lower limbs. The injury rate was calculated at one injury per 3.6 man hours of play. There was a significant difference in the type of injury sustained by forwards and backs, the forwards receiving more cuts, bruises and haematomas, and fewer joint injuries. This difference is probably because of the nature of the game played by these subgroups.