Ben Jones

Dec 11, 2024 | mdpi.com | Bruno Fernández-Valdés |Ben Jones |Sharief Hendricks |Dan Weaving

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Jul 8, 2024 | jsams.org | Sean Scantlebury |Ben Jones |Cape Town

AbstractTo compare match injury incidence, severity and burden in men's and women's elite rugby league. A prospective cohort epidemiological study. Time loss match injury data were collected over a two-season period from all men's (11,301 exposure hours) and women's (5,244 exposure hours) Super League clubs. Injury incidence and burden were not different between men and women (mean[95 % CI]; 54[45 to 65] vs. 60[49 to 74] per 1000 match-hours; p = 0.39, and 2332[1844 to 2951] vs.