Injury risk factors and barriers to their mitigation for women playing rugby league: a Delphi study

Title
Injury risk factors and barriers to their mitigation for women playing rugby league: a Delphi study
Publication Date
2022
Author(s)
Scantlebury, Sean
Ramirez, Carlos
Cummins, Cloe
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1960-8916
Email: ccummin5@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:ccummin5
Stokes, Keith
Tee, Jason
Minahan, Clare
Emmonds, Stacey
McCormack, Sam
Phillips, Gemma
Jones, Ben
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Routledge
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1080/02640414.2022.2085433
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/52536
Abstract

This study aimed to 1) develop a consensus (≥70% agreement between experts) on injury risk factors specific to women playing rugby league, 2) establish the importance of the identified injury risk factors and the feasibility of mitigating these risk factors and 3) establish context specific barriers to injury risk management. Aim 1: A Delphi panel, consisting of 12 experts in rugby league and injury (e.g., physiotherapists, research scientists) were asked to identify injury risk factors specific to women playing rugby league. Aim 2: seven coaches of women's rugby league teams were asked to rate each risk factor that achieved consensus by their importance and feasibility to manage. Aim 3: Coaches reported barriers which restrict injury risk factor mitigation. Of the 53 injury risk factors which achieved consensus, the five injury risk factors with the highest combination of importance and feasibility ratings were: "poor tackle technique", "a lack of pre-season intensity", "training session are too short", "the current medical standards", and "limited access to physiotherapists". Following the identification of injury risk factors, their feasibility to manage and context specific barriers, this study proposes three constraint driven, integrated solutions which may reduce the barriers which limit injury risk factor management.

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Citation
Journal of Sports Sciences, 40(13), p. 1436-1449
ISSN
1466-447X
0264-0414
Pubmed ID
35694782
Start page
1436
End page
1449
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International

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