Colin W Fuller

..To determine whether quantified, auditable records of functional rehabilitation can be generated using subjective assessments of players' performance in fitness tests routinely used in professional football...

..To compare the incidence, nature, severity and cause of match injuries sustained on grass and new generation artificial turf by male and female footballers...

..To determine acceptable levels of risk in sport and to compare these with values used in occupational settings...

..To determine the level of pre-employment, pre-season, and post-injury medical evaluation of players undertaken within UK professional team sports...

..To examine the epidemiology of match injuries in southern hemisphere professional rugby union and assess the impact of the International Rugby Board (IRB) Experimental Law Variations...

..Finally, the use of incidence and severity data for predicting the prevalence of injury in a team and for the economic evaluation of intervention programmes is discussed...

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..Differences in players' average body mass and mismatches in the teams' overall and match performances did not create greater risks of injury for the lighter or less successful teams competing at Rugby World Cup 2007...

..To compare the incidence, nature, severity and cause of training injuries sustained on new generation artificial turf and grass by male and female footballers...

..In this respect, the assessment indicated that the risk of sustaining a catastrophic injury in rugby union could be regarded as acceptable and that the laws of the game therefore adequately manage the risk...

..to determine the incidence, nature and causes of injuries sustained during the International Rugby Board (IRB) Rugby World Cup 2007...

..To examine factors associated with tackles in rugby union and to assess their impact on the risk of injury...

..The objective of this study was to determine the incidence of contact events in professional rugby union matches and to assess their propensity to cause injury...

..Adoption of the proposals presented in this consensus statement should ensure that more consistent and comparable results will be obtained from studies of injuries within rugby union...

..To develop, implement and assess an interactive, football-based health education programme for children in South Africa...

..To assess incidence, nature, and causes of injuries sustained in international Rugby Sevens...

..Recommendations are made on how the incidence of match and training injuries should be reported and a checklist of issues and information that should be included in published reports of studies of football injuries is presented...

..The definitions and methodology proposed in the consensus statement will ensure that consistent and comparable results will be obtained from studies of football injuries...

..Variations in definitions and methodologies have created differences in the results and conclusions obtained from studies of football (soccer) injuries; this has made interstudy comparisons difficult...

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..To determine the incidence, severity, nature, and causes of cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine injuries sustained during competition and training in professional rugby union...

..The tackle, ruck, and maul elements of match play and the endurance running and contact elements of training presented the highest risk of injury for all players...

..The tackle was the cause of most injuries. Conclusions The risk of injury in international rugby is significantly lower for women than for men. Further research is required to assess knee-ligament injuries in women's rugby...

..To determine the incidence, nature, and causes of match injuries sustained during Under-20 (U-20) international rugby...

..Adoption of the proposals presented in this consensus statement should ensure that more consistent and comparable results will be obtained from studies of injuries within rugby union...

..All stakeholders within professional football were shown to have an important contribution to make in reducing the overall level of risk to players through the provision of risk prevention strategies...

..To identify those risk factors that have the greatest impact on the incidence of head and neck injuries in international football...

..Our results provide evidence of the benefits of modifying the volume and content of rugby union training to reduce the risk associated with injuries to professional players...

..To undertake a detailed epidemiological study of head injuries sustained by professional rugby union players in order to define their incidence, nature, severity, and causes...

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..CONCLUSION: The Nordic hamstring strengthening exercise may reduce the incidence and severity of hamstring muscle injuries sustained during training and competition...