Key result
Rugby union carries a unique pattern of injuries with certain injuries occurring at a significantly higher rate compared to American football, requiring specific evaluation and prevention strategies.
Why the study?
Rugby union carries risk for unique injury patterns, requiring familiarization of the orthopaedic workforce with evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and injury prevention strategies.
This review aims to familiarize the orthopaedic workforce with the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of rugby union athletes.
Alerts clinicians to rugby's distinct youth injury patterns amid US growth; leaves open targeted prevention trials.
Rugby union is the fastest growing sport in the USA, and its growth is only expected to continue to climb with the approaching 2023 Rugby World Cup. Rugby union carries risk for general and sport-specific injury. Tackles and high-impact collisions are a regular component of the game, and although often compared to American football, rugby union carries a unique pattern of injuries, with certain injuries occurring at a significantly higher rate. This review is aimed at familiarizing our orthopaedic workforce to the sport of rugby union and the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of the rugby union athlete. Injury prevention strategies guided by epidemiology, risk factors, and mechanisms of injury in rugby union athletes are critical.
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Farah et al. (2022) conducted a review in Rugby union injuries. Rugby union participation vs. American football was evaluated. Rugby union carries a unique pattern of injuries with certain injuries occurring at a significantly higher rate compared to American football, requiring specific evaluation and prevention strategies.
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