Wearing Regulation Soft‐Padded Headgear Does Not Reduce the Risk of Head Injuries in Professional Men's Rugby Players: An Observational Cohort Study
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Traumatic Brain Injury Research
Authors and affiliations:
raw_author_name: James Brown
raw_affiliation_strings: Carnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) Centre, Carnegie School of Sport Leeds Beckett University  Leeds UK
Department of Exercise Sport and Lifestyle Medicine Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine (ISEM) Stellenbosch University  Cape Town South Africa
Division of Physiological Sciences, Department of Human Biology Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town  Cape Town South Africa
Carnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) Centre, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK
Division of Physiological Sciences, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Department of Exercise, Sport and Lifestyle Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine (ISEM), Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
raw_author_name: Marc Douglas
raw_affiliation_strings: World Rugby  Dublin Ireland
World Rugby, Dublin, Ireland
raw_author_name: Ben Hester
raw_affiliation_strings: World Rugby  Dublin Ireland
World Rugby, Dublin, Ireland
raw_author_name: Manish Mohan
raw_affiliation_strings: Carnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) Centre, Carnegie School of Sport Leeds Beckett University  Leeds UK
Carnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) Centre, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK
raw_author_name: Sharief Hendricks
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Division of Physiological Sciences, Department of Human Biology Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town  Cape Town South Africa
Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) Wallenberg Research Centre  Stellenbosch South Africa
Carnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) Centre, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK
Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), Wallenberg Research Centre, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Division of Physiological Sciences, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
raw_author_name: Brady Wiseman
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Exercise Sport and Lifestyle Medicine Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine (ISEM) Stellenbosch University  Cape Town South Africa
Department of Exercise, Sport and Lifestyle Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine (ISEM), Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
raw_author_name: Matthew Boshoff
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Exercise Sport and Lifestyle Medicine Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine (ISEM) Stellenbosch University  Cape Town South Africa
Department of Exercise, Sport and Lifestyle Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine (ISEM), Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
raw_author_name: Stephanie Phillips
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Exercise Sport and Lifestyle Medicine Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine (ISEM) Stellenbosch University  Cape Town South Africa
Department of Exercise, Sport and Lifestyle Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine (ISEM), Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
raw_author_name: Michael Bromfield
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Exercise Sport and Lifestyle Medicine Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine (ISEM) Stellenbosch University  Cape Town South Africa
Department of Exercise, Sport and Lifestyle Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine (ISEM), Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
raw_author_name: Amy Howard
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Exercise Sport and Lifestyle Medicine Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine (ISEM) Stellenbosch University  Cape Town South Africa
Department of Exercise, Sport and Lifestyle Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine (ISEM), Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
raw_author_name: Lindsay Starling
raw_affiliation_strings: Carnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) Centre, Carnegie School of Sport Leeds Beckett University  Leeds UK
World Rugby  Dublin Ireland
World Rugby, Dublin, Ireland
Carnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) Centre, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK
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, Department of Human Biology Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town  Cape Town South Africa
PREM Rugby  London UK
Rugby Football League  Manchester UK
School of Behavioural and Health Sciences Faculty of Health Sciences Australian Catholic University  Brisbane Australia
PREM Rugby, London, UK
Carnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) Centre, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK
Rugby Football League, Manchester, UK
Division of Physiological Sciences, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane, Australia
raw_author_name: Ross Tucker
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World Rugby  Dublin Ireland
World Rugby, Dublin, Ireland
Carnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) Centre, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK