Journal article 589 views 63 downloads
A Global Women’s Rugby Union Web-Based Survey
,
Geneviève K. R. Williams ,
Anna Stodter ,
Melitta McNarry ,
Olga Roldan-Reoyo,
Kelly Mackintosh ,
Isabel S. Moore ,
Elisabeth Williams ,
Olga Roldan Reoyo
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Volume: 20, Issue: 8, Start page: 5475
Swansea University Authors:
Natalie Brown , Melitta McNarry , Kelly Mackintosh , Elisabeth Williams , Olga Roldan Reoyo
-
PDF | Version of Record
Copyright: © 2023 by the authors. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.
Download (304.59KB)
DOI (Published version): 10.3390/ijerph20085475
Abstract
Rugby Union (rugby) is a full-contact team sport characterised by frequent collision events. Over one third (2.7 million) of global rugby participants are women and girls. Yet, most rugby research, laws, and regulations are derived from the men’s game with limited transferability to the women’s game...
| Published in: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2023
|
| Online Access: |
Check full text
|
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63116 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Abstract: |
Rugby Union (rugby) is a full-contact team sport characterised by frequent collision events. Over one third (2.7 million) of global rugby participants are women and girls. Yet, most rugby research, laws, and regulations are derived from the men’s game with limited transferability to the women’s game. This includes research focused on injury and concussion management. Greater insights are urgently required to enable appropriate adaptations and support for all rugby participants. Therefore, this paper presents the protocol for a project that sought to gather insights into the understanding, experiences, and attitudes of players and coaches in women’s rugby regarding key issues of concussion, injury, and training for injury prevention, as well as the implications of the menstrual cycle for training and performance. From August 2020 to November 2020, online, open, cross-sectional surveys for players and coaches were distributed globally through rugby governing bodies and women’s rugby social media platforms using snowball sampling. Survey responses were recorded anonymously via a GDPR-compliant online survey platform, JISC (jisc.ac.uk, Bristol, England). Participant eligibility included being ≥18 years and either actively playing or coaching women’s rugby 15s and/or sevens, or having done so in the past decade, at any level, in any country. To enhance the number and accuracy of responses, the survey was professionally translated into eight additional languages. A total of 1596 participants from 62 countries (27 ± 6 years; 7.5 ± 5.1 years of playing experience) and 296 participants from 37 countries (mean age = 36.64, SD = 9.09, mean experience = 6.53 years, SD = 3.31) completed the players’ and coaches’ surveys, respectively. Understanding women’s participation in and experiences of rugby is important to enable lifelong engagement and enjoyment of the sport and health during and following participation. |
|---|---|
| Keywords: |
Women’s rugby; female; concussion; injury; questionnaire; coaches |
| College: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering |
| Funders: |
Swansea University |
| Issue: |
8 |
| Start Page: |
5475 |