Sport concussion assessment in New Zealand high school rugby players: a collaborative approach to the challenges faced in primary care

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Sport concussion assessment in New Zealand high school rugby players: a collaborative approach to the challenges faced in primary care

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University of Otago

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Otago University Research Archive

Description

To describe the collaborative development of a New Zealand Rugby Concussion Assessment (NZRCA) for primary care and to provide normative baseline data from a representative group of high school rugby players. This study, conducted over the 2018 and 2019 community rugby season where players were baseline tested during the pre- or start of season period. Data were collected from 1428 players (males n = 1121, females n = 307) with a mean age of 15.9 ± 1.4 years. The mean ± SD symptom severity sc...

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Research paper

Research format

Scholarly text / Journal article

Thesis level

Article

Date created

2022-01-28

Creator

Salmon, Danielle M. / Chua, Jason / Sullivan, S. John / Whatman, Chris / Brown, James / Register-Mihalik, Johna / Murphy, Ian / Walters, Simon / Clacy, Amanda / Sole, Gisela / Kerr, Zachary Y. / Rasmussen, Karen / England, Mike

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/22256

Related subjects

baseline / concussion / head injury / normative data / Rugby union

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