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Title: | Female rugby union injuries in New Zealand: A review of five years (2013-2017) of Accident Compensation Corporation moderate to severe claims and costs | Contributor(s): | King, Douglas (author); Hume, P A (author); Hardaker, N (author); Cummins, Cloe (author) ; Clark, T (author); Pearce, A J (author); Gissane, C (author) | Publication Date: | 2019-05 | Early Online Version: | 2018-11-06 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.jsams.2018.10.015 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/26663 | Abstract: | Objectives: To provide epidemiological data and related costs for moderate-to-serious and serious injury claims for women's rugby union in New Zealand. Design: A retrospective analytical review of injury entitlement claims for women's rugby from 2013 to 2017. Methods: Data were analysed by year of competition, age, body site and injury type for total and moderate-to-severe (MSC) Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) claims and costs. Results: Over 2013 to 2017 there were 26,070 total claims for female rugby union costing $18,440,812 [AD$16,956,998]. The 15–19-year age group recorded 40% (n = 1,009) of the total female rugby union Moderate-to-serious and serious (MSC) claims and 41% ($5,419,157 [AD$4,983,112]) of the total female rugby union MSC costs. The knee was the most commonly recorded injury site accounting for 40.3% (n = 1,007) of MSC claims and 46.9% ($6,229,714 [AD$5,728732]) of MSC costs with an average cost of $1,245,943 ±$217,796 [AD$595,351 ±AD$104,070] per-year for female rugby union. Conclusions: This is the first study to report the nature and related costs for moderate-to-serious and serious injury claims for women's rugby union in New Zealand. A total of 26,070 injury claims were lodged over the duration of the study but only 9.6% (n = 2,501) of these were classified as MSC injury entitlement claims. Participants 25 years and older accounted for 31% of the female rugby union player claims. Females in the over 35-year age groups compete against younger participants which may account for the higher mean cost per-claim seen as the age groups increase in years until they retire from the game. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 22(5), p. 532-537 | Publisher: | Elsevier Australia | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 1878-1861 1440-2440 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 110699 Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified 110604 Sports Medicine |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 420799 Sports science and exercise not elsewhere classified 320225 Sports medicine |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 950102 Organised Sports 920409 Injury Control |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 200408 Injury prevention and control 130602 Organised sports |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Science and Technology |
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