Abstract Background Rugby Union is a collision team sport played globally. Despite this,
significant concerns have been raised regarding the sport's safety, particularly in youth …

Sport-related concussion remains an area of high concern for contact sport athletes and
their families, as well as for the medical and scientific communities. The National Football …

Advances in shock absorber technology are often translated to wearable personal protective
equipment (PPE) to protect humans from impact-related injuries. However, the effectiveness …

Background: Fractures are a common pediatric injury. The coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) pandemic resulted in significant changes in daily life that could impact the …

Objectives Researchers have often struggled to successfully implement injury prevention
strategies in real-world practice. This is despite such strategies proving successful in …

Background Collision sport participation rates among high school youth in Canada are high.
While participation is beneficial for physical and mental well-being, the rates of injury in …

Purpose: Youth sport (YS) is a community system for promoting children's physical activity
(PA). Studies have examined mean PA during YS practices, but few have examined …

The objective of this study was to compare head impact magnitudes and time between
impacts among positions in Canadian high-school football. Thirty nine players from two high …

Comparisons have been made between the tobacco industry's historic tactics in defending
their products with the responses of some key actors in the sports world to head injuries …

Context Flag football is promoted as a safer alternative to tackle football. This may be 1
reason why participation rates have risen by 39% over the past 3 years. Despite rising …