During a rugby tournament, a 15-year-old girl was tackled and her head struck her op
ponent's knee. She was slow to get up, and appeared unsteady and dazed. After using the …

Objective To complete a video evaluation of the management of players suspected of
sustaining concussion in professional Rugby Union during the 2015 season. Design …

AIM: To use the King-Devick (KD) test and Sports Concussion Assessment Tool 2 (SCAT2)
in amateur rugby union players to identify witnessed and unrecognised episodes of …

Primary objective: To conduct the first video analysis of concussion in the Australian
National Rugby League (NRL) and describe player and injury characteristics, situational …

Background In Japan, sports-related concussions have been a subject of active research in
recent years. Among sports played in Japan, concussions occur most frequently in rugby …

Background Concussion is one of the key player welfare issues in rugby union. Independent
Matchday Doctors (IMDDs), supported by live video feeds, were brought in to elite men's …

With the upcoming fifth International Conference on Concussion in Sport taking place in
October 2016, the management of concussion in athletes will again be under increased …

After US District Judge Judy Brody recently ruled that the consolidated multidistrict
concussion litigation cases against the National Football League (NFL) in the USA were to …

AIM: This study undertook to use the KD sideline test with the SCAT2 to see if concussions
could be identified in amateur rugby league players over a representative competition …

Abstract 295 rugby players have begun legal proceedings against World Rugby, the Rugby
Football Union and the Welsh Rugby Union. The claimants report they are suffering from …