Injury in elite county-level hurling: a prospective study

Abstract

These results provide data on hurling injuries using definitions that reflect international consensus statements. Injury incidence from match-play in particular is high compared with other sports. These findings have relevance for clinicians and coaches.

Anthropometric and Performance Characteristics of Elite Hurling Players

“…he training protocols utilized in hurling are typically homogenous in nature and rarely focus on position speciic characteristics with the exception of the goalkeeper. he homogeneity of training may be a factor in the high injury occurrence in the second half of match-play (60.8%) [6]. A greater understanding of the position speciic physical demands of the game is required. )…”

“…Successful performance in competitive hurling requires an appreciation of the physical demands of the sport to inform efective training practice. Inadequate itness or inappropriate conditioning of the participants to meet the demands of hurling has been hypothesized to be the reason for 60.8% of injuries occurring in the second half of match-play [5,6].…”

Epidemiology of injury in male adolescent Gaelic games

“…5 Hurling on the other hand is similar to shinty, lacrosse or field hockey and participants use a stick called a hurley to hit a small, hard leather ball (sliotar). 2 Movements essential to hurling include sprinting, catching, striking (throwing the sliotar into the air and hitting it using the hurley), shouldering, blocking the sliotar with the hurley, soloing (running while keeping the sliotar balanced or bouncing on the hurley) and hooking (using the hurley to prevent the opposition swinging their hurley to hit the sliotar). 2 While participation in sport provides numerous health and social benefits, an innate risk of injury exists.…”

“…They last up to 60 min for adolescent players and consist of two opposing teams of 15 players (goalkeeper, six defenders, two midfielders and six forwards). 1,2 Gaelic games are played on a rectangular field (length 130-145 m, width 80-90 m) and are multidirectional contact games that necessitate players performing at a high level of intensity and velocity. 3 Gaelic football has been described as a mixture of soccer and rugby and is similar to Australian Rules football.…”

Eye safety in hurling: a few remaining blind spots?

“…The introduction of compulsory faceguards has led to the almost complete eradication of serious sight-threatening eye injuries from the Irish field game of hurling [1,10,12,13]. However, based on the findings herein, there are still a small but significant amount of serious or potentially serious eye injuries occurring (Table 1).…”