Professional Rugby Union
Preseason changes in markers of lower body fatigue and performance in young professional rugby union players
... This study examined the magnitude of change in measures of lower-body neuromuscular fatigue and physical performance over the course of a preseason in young professional rugby union players. Very ...
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Physiological analysis of the metabolic typing diet in professional rugby union players
... Aim: The purpose of this pilot study is to investigate whether the metabolic typing diet warrants further investigation as a tool to design dietary regimes in professional rugby union players. The ...
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Changes in training load, running performance, lower body power and biochemical characteristics of back players throughout a professional Rugby Union season
... The aim of this study was to observe and quantify changes in training load (TL), running performance, lower body power and biochemical characteristics of professional rugby union back players over an ...
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Impact of Fatigue on Positional Movements During Professional Rugby Union Match Play
... a professional rugby union match, each half of data was divided into quartiles to provide 8 discrete time periods (1 st half Q1-4 and 2 nd half Q1-4) for ...in professional rugby league ...
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Movement and Impact Characteristics of South African Professional Rugby Union Players
... This investigation has highlighted the variation in movement patterns in professional rugby union players playing in different positions. Coaches and strength and conditioning programme designers ...
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Preseason Functional Movement Screen Component Tests Predict Severe Contact Injuries in Professional Rugby Union Players
... The aim of this study was to determine whether the results of an FMS test may indicate injury risk in professional rugby union players. FMS test results were compared with records of injuries that ...
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Sport concussion assessment tool-Third edition normative reference values for professional Rugby Union players
... Results: A total of 3,611 professional Rugby Union players were included. The most common baseline symptom was fatigue (14%). The symptom score median (md) was 0 (interquartile range (IQR) = 0-1). ...
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Normative Values for Hip Flexion Range of Motion and Strength in Professional Rugby Union Players
... of professional Rugby Union players are a heterogenous ...because, Rugby Union is different from other team-based field sports such as soccer for example, in that each positional group ...
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The efficacy of an iterative "sequence of prevention" approach to injury prevention by a multidisciplinary team in professional rugby union
... This research was conducted in a professional Rugby Union team competing in the Super Rugby and Currie Cup competitions. The University of Johannesburg’s ethical review committee granted ...
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Dehydration and hyponatremia in professional rugby union players: a cohort study observing english premiership rugby union players during match play, field, and gym training in cool environmental conditions
... Individual body mass change and post-exercise blood[Na+] for professional rugby union players during training and match play (r=-0.295, P=0.011). Note; the shaded area represents hypon[r] ...
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Associations between self reported wellbeing and neuromuscular performance during a professional Rugby Union season
... Self-reported wellness is often used to monitor fatigue responses to training and competition. Constraints within team sports mean short-form wellness questionnaires are typically preferred to literature-validated ...
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EFFECTS OF TRAVEL ON PROFESSIONAL RUGBY UNION PLAYERS
... costs of collecting data ’on the road’, arise frequently, affecting studies on travel and performance. As such, few researchers have shown interest in this kind of study. Furthermore, studies on travel and performance ...
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Self-determined motivation in rehabilitating professional rugby union players
... In the early limited participation phase we identified 26 raw data themes that we combined into 10 higher order themes: Positive Self-Regulation, Positive Locus of Control, Negative Self[r] ...
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GPS comparison of training activities and game demands of professional rugby union
... typical rugby union training activities (traditional endurance, high-intensity interval, game based and skills training) were compared with match play using global positioning systems ...
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Jump Training in Rugby Union Players: Barbell or Hexagonal Bar?
... semi-professional rugby union players were randomly allocated into a BAR or HEX training group during a resistance training mesocycle (refer to Table ...
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The Effect of Body Mass on the 30 15 Intermittent Fitness Test in Rugby Union Players
... Abstract Purpose: To A evaluate the difference in performance of the 30-15 Intermittent Fitness Test 30-15IFT across four squads in a professional rugby union club in the United Kingdom [r] ...
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Development of a test method for assessing laceration injury risk of individual cleats during game relevant loading conditions
... Professional rugby union players experience an injury once every 10 matches, and up to 23% of these injuries are skin ...191 rugby players showed that the ruck is the most prevalent game ...
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Prevalence of laceration injuries in professional and amateur rugby union: a systematic review and meta analysis
... on professional rugby union ...with professional players (OR: ...for professional players (OR: ...sional rugby (club level 2 to international), which makes it is unclear if this ...
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Functional movement screen predicts severe contact and non contact injuries in rugby union players
... Conclusion FMS is a predictor of severe contact and non-contact injury in professional rugby union players.. ASLR ≤ 2 predicts injury with a sensitivity of 96% An FMS score of ≤ 13 predi[r] ...
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Prevalence of laceration injuries in professional and amateur rugby union: a systematic review and meta analysis
... on professional rugby union ...with professional players (OR: ...for professional players (OR: ...sional rugby (club level 2 to international), which makes it is unclear if this ...
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