James Tooby

Oct 4, 2024 | bmjopensem.bmj.com | David Allan |James Tooby |Lindsay Starling |Ross Tucker

Head acceleration events (HAEs) mitigation strategies are a priority for rugby union to optimise player welfare. Instrumented mouthguards show promise as an accurate method for on-field HAE measurement. HAEs occurred in on-field regions where contact event occurrence was the highest. Substitutes had a higher HAE incidence than starters over certain PLA recording thresholds for men. No significant differences in match quarter HAE incidence or propensity were found.

Oct 1, 2024 | bmjopensem.bmj.com | David Allan |James Tooby |Lindsay Starling |Ross Tucker

DiscussionThis study explored how previously researched risk factors for injury—field location, time of match and starters versus substitutes—influence both the incidence and propensity of HAEs during contact events and match play in rugby union to provide insight into the timing and circumstances of HAEs to inform potential interventions that reduce the number of head accelerations players will experience in the game.

Oct 1, 2024 | medrxiv.org | David Allan |James Tooby |Lindsay Starling |Ross Tucker

GT and BJ have received research funding from Prevent Biometrics and World Rugby. KS and MB have received research funding from World Rugby. LS, RT, EF, DS, JB are employed by or contracted as consultants to World Rugby. GT previously conducted consultancy work for World Rugby. KS and SK are employed by the Rugby Football Union. SH receives funding for his PhD studies from the Rugby Football Union and Premiership Rugby. BJ is a consultant with Premiership Rugby and the Rugby Football League.

Aug 1, 2024 | bmjopensem.bmj.com | James Woodward |James Tooby |Ross Tucker |Eanna Falvey

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