The Contact Conundrum: Are We Introducing Contact at the Correct Time in Youth Sports?
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Sports injuries and prevention
Authors and affiliations:
raw_author_name: Stephen W. West
raw_affiliation_strings: Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. S.West@bath.ac.uk
Centre for Health, and Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport, Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK. S.West@bath.ac.uk
Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. S.West@bath.ac.uk
O'Brien Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. S.West@bath.ac.uk
Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. S.West@bath.ac.uk
UK Collaborating Centre on Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport, Bath, UK. S.West@bath.ac.uk
UK Collaborating Centre on Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport, Bath, UK
Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Centre for Health, and Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport, Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK
Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
raw_author_name: Sharief Hendricks
raw_affiliation_strings: Carnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) Centre, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK
Division of Physiological Sciences and Health through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, Wallenberg Research Centre, Stellenbosch, South Africa
raw_author_name: Sean P. Cumming
raw_affiliation_strings: Centre for Health, and Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport, Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK
UK Collaborating Centre on Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport, Bath, UK
raw_author_name: Kathryn Dane
raw_affiliation_strings: Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
raw_author_name: Siobhán O’Connor
raw_affiliation_strings: School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
raw_author_name: Ben Jones
raw_affiliation_strings: Carnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) Centre, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK
Division of Physiological Sciences and Health through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
England Performance Unit, Rugby Football League, Manchester, UK
Premiership Rugby, London, UK
School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
raw_author_name: Brooke Patterson
raw_affiliation_strings: La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
raw_author_name: Ash T. Kolstad
raw_affiliation_strings: Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Carnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) Centre, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK
Division of Physiological Sciences and Health through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
raw_author_name: Steven Broglio
raw_affiliation_strings: University of Michigan Concussion Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
raw_author_name: Carolyn A. Emery
raw_affiliation_strings: Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Department of Pediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
O'Brien Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
raw_author_name: Carly D. McKay
raw_affiliation_strings: Centre for Health, and Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport, Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK
Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Podium Analytics, London, UK
UK Collaborating Centre on Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport, Bath, UK