Bussey, Melanie D. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5746-3861
Salmon, Danielle
Romanchuk, Janelle
Nanai, Bridie
Davidson, Peter
Tucker, Ross
Falvey, Eanna
Funding for this research was provided by:
World Rugby (21392)
University of Otago
Article History
Accepted: 21 August 2023
First Online: 7 September 2023
Declarations
:
: MDB, DS, EF, and RT conceptualised the research project and designed the study. DS, JR, and MDB collected data for the study. All authors were responsible for analysis and interpretation of the results. MDB, DS and JR drafted the manuscript. All authors critically reviewed and edited the manuscript prior to submission.
: World Rugby funded this project grant number 21392.
: Data are available on reasonable request to the corresponding author.
: This study involved human participants and was approved by Ethics name: University of Otago Human Ethics CommitteeID:H21_056UOHEC (Health) ID H21_056. Participants gave informed consent to participate in the study before taking part.
: Patients and/or the public were not involved in the design, conduct, reporting, or dissemination plans of this research.
: MDB has received research funding from World Rugby. JR is currently employed by New Zealand Rugby. RT is a consultant for World Rugby. DS was employed by New Zealand Rugby at the time of study and received research funding from World Rugby and is currently employed by World Rugby. EF is a consultant for World Rugby. PD and BN have no competing interests.
: Our study was on male community rugby players in New Zealand. Our study included men and boys playing rugby at grassroots levels, mainly from the Otago region, and represent various cultural (NZ European, Māori, Pasifika and other Asian nations) and socioeconomic backgrounds. The research team included four women and three men (first and second authors are women). The authors’ disciplines include exercise science, physiotherapy, mechanical engineering, biomedical sciences and sports medicine.