Inadequate pre-season preparation of schoolboy rugby players - A survey of players at 25 Cape Province high schools

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 531-533

  Upton, P A H ^a   Roux, C E ^a   Noakes, T D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; FALLING; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL STRESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUGBY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPORT INJURY; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SOCCER; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0029979965     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Clarke DR, Roux C, Noakes TD. A prospective study of the incidence and nature of injuries to adult rugby players. S Afr Med J 1990; 77: 559-562.
2. Nathan M, Goedeke R, Noakes TD. The incidence and nature of rugby injuries experienced at one school during the 1982 rugby season. S Afr Med J 1983; 64: 132-137.
3. Roux CE, Goedeke R, Visser GR, Van Zyl WA, Noakes TD. The epidemiology of schoolboy rugby injuries. S Afr Med J 1987; 71: 307-313.
4. Kew T, Noakes TD, Kettles AN, Goedeke RE, Newton DA, Scher AT. A retrospective study of spinal cord injuries in Cape Province rugby players, 1963-1989. S Afr Med J 1991; 80: 127-133.
5. Noakes TD. Spinal cord injuries in rugby players (Letter). S Afr Med J 1992; 81: 284.
6. De Wet FA, Potgieter PJ, Rossouw LM. Mouthguards for sports participation. J Dent Assoc S Afr 1980; 35: 417-424.
7. De Wet FA, De Muelenaere JJGG. Mouthguards for orthodontic patients. J Dent Assoc S Afr 1984; 39: 339-340.
8. Sparks JP. Rugby football injuries, 1980-1983. Br J Sports Med 1985; 19: 71-75.
9. Tomasin JD, Martin DF, Curl WW. Recognition and prevention of rugby injuries. Physcn Sportsmed 1989; 17(6): 114-124.
10. Hazeldine R, McNab T. Fit for Rugby. London: Kingswood Press-Methuen, 1991.
11. Walsh B. Strength Training for Rugby League and Union. Singapore: Kangaroo Press, 1991.
12. Williams P. Epidemiology of Rugby Injuries: Wales 1932-4. Cardiff: Welsh National School of Medicine, University of Wales, 1984.
13. Medical Officers of Schools Association: Rugby Injuries in Schools. Recommendations sent by the MOSA to governors of all independent schools and to the chief education officers of all local education authorities after their General Meeting Horsham, West Sussex, 22 March 1979.
14. Watson AWS. Factors predisposing to sports injury in school boy rugby players. J Sports Med 1981; 21: 417-422.
15. Siff MC. Scientific physical conditioning for rugby. J S Afr Sports Med Assoc 1986; 1(2): 6-8.