Rugby Injuries of the Spine and Spinal Cord

Scher, MB A.T.

doi:10.1016/s0278-5919(20)31061-9

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“…25,26 The physical and physiological demands of training and competition in rugby union, varies according to player position due to variations in the frequency of substitutions and the time through matches/training at which they are made. 27…”

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Influence of different small-sided games on physical and physiological demands in rugby union players

Vaz

Gonçalves

Figueira

et al. 2016

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching

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This study aimed to describe the influence of four different small-sided games with 15-min duration on physical and physiological demands in rugby union players. Fourteen rugby union players (22.4 AE 3.2 years) participated in the study that was conducted during the competitive period of final-four first Division of 2012-2013 qualifying competition. Timemotion and body impact data were collected using global positional systems technology with heart rate monitored continuously across training sessions. The present study found that interaction between speed zones, impacts zones and small-sided game formats was significant. No differences were found in the distance covered per minute or the interaction of heart rate values; however, players spent the majority of time above 90% of the HR max. The SSG 1 presents significant lower values in body impacts per minute compared with the other small-sided games. The results of this study demonstrate that small-sided games with evasion skills showed different levels of physical performance, and skill qualities of rugby union players. Although HR responses were similar between all small-sided game formats, the high levels of individual variability may explain the obtained results. Future use of this technology may help practitioners in design and implementation of individual position-specific training programs with appropriate management of player exercise load.

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Influence of different small-sided games on physical and physiological demands in rugby union players

Vaz

Gonçalves

Figueira

et al. 2016

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching

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“…The mechanism of the present case was thought to be hyperflexion of the cervical spine (Figure 2), which is often seen in rugby. 8,9 In football, the mechanism causing cervical spine injury is reported to be axial loading. 12,15 A high-level sumo wrestler who has enough muscle strength in his neck may not suffer the same injury under similar circumstances.…”

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Cervical Spinal Cord Injury in Sumo Wrestling

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Approximately 80 countries now belong to the International Sumo Federation. Thus, people from many regions of the world have the opportunity to experience the emotionally charged atmosphere of sumo. Women's sumo has also been established, and the first World Women's Sumo Championships were held in Aomori, Japan, in 2001. Thus, sumo is enjoyed and practiced by many people and has recently grown to become a worldwide sport.In recent years, increasing participation in sumo has unfortunately resulted in a higher incidence of injuries in sumo wrestling. In professional sumo wrestling in Japan, one sixth of wrestlers were recently defaulted in a championship because of their injuries. One such injury is spinal cord injury, sometimes catastrophically resulting in quadriplegia or paraplegia. In sumo, dislocations of the spine and spinal cord injuries are rare. We have witnessed, however, a case of dislocation of the lower cervical spine and cervical spinal cord injury in a sumo wrestler. We report this case, including details of how the injury occurred and the implications in relation to the rules provided by the Japan Sumo Association. CASE REPORTA 19-year-old collegiate sumo wrestler, 166 cm tall and weighing 78 kg, had been practicing sumo for 10 years. During an intercollegiate sumo championship on October 31, 1999, he competed with an opponent whose weight was 120 kg. Therefore, the sumo wrestlers in this match had a discrepancy in weight. It was his third fight of the day. From the initial charge, his opponent pushed him, and he escaped by going around the dohyo, or sumo ring. Then, they stopped in the center of the dohyo, and he got under the body of his opponent, as shown in Figure 1. Unfortunately, his position was not ideal. The back of his head was situated on the abdomen of his opponent (Figure 1). After that, his opponent forced him to step outside the dohyo by fixing the back of his head. He had fallen down near the corner of the dohyo, thereby forcing the hyperflexion of his cervical spine (Figure 2).One of the authors (YN), who was a medical doctor for the championship, examined him on the dohyo. He was conscious, his respiration was good, and the mobility of his upper extremities was normal, but his lower extremities were paralyzed. We supposed that he had motor loss below Th2. He had sensory loss below Th4. As cervical spinal cord injury was suspected, his cervical spine was fixed, a few collegiate sumo wrestlers immobilized his body, and he was carefully carried off under the dohyo on the instruction of the medical doctor and taken immediately by ambulance to a hospital.

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Parker¹,

Angadi²

2021

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Rugby Injuries of the Spine and Spinal Cord

Cited by 19 publications

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Influence of different small-sided games on physical and physiological demands in rugby union players

Influence of different small-sided games on physical and physiological demands in rugby union players

Cervical Spinal Cord Injury in Sumo Wrestling

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