Allan, David http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3527-842X
Tooby, James
Starling, Lindsay
Tucker, Ross
Falvey, Éanna
Salmon, Danielle
Brown, James
Hudson, Sam
Stokes, Keith
Jones, Ben
Kemp, Simon
O’Halloran, Patrick
Cross, Matt
Tierney, Gregory
Funding for this research was provided by:
World Rugby (471320)
Rugby Football Union
Premiership Rugby
Article History
Accepted: 3 June 2024
First Online: 26 June 2024
Declarations
:
: Funding was provided by World Rugby, the Rugby Football Union and Premiership Rugby.
: G.T. and B.J. have received research funding from Prevent Biometrics and World Rugby. K.S. has received research funding from World Rugby. L.S., R.T., E.F., D.S. and J.B. are employed by or contracted as consultants to World Rugby. G.T. previously conducted consultancy work for World Rugby. K.S. and S.K. are employed by the Rugby Football Union. S.H. receives funding for his PhD studies from the Rugby Football Union and Premiership Rugby. B.J. is a consultant with Premiership Rugby and the Rugby Football League. M.C. is employed by Premiership Rugby and was previously employed by the Rugby Football Union. P.O.H. has previously been contracted by the Rugby Football Union and is employed by Marker Diagnostics UK Ltd, a company developing salivary biomarker testing for sport related concussion. D.A. and J.T. declare they have no conflicts of interest.
: Anonymised data available upon reasonable request.
: This project was approved by the University’s Research Ethics Committee, University of Ulster (#REC-21-0061). This study was performed in accordance with the standards of ethics outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki.
: All participants provided written consent.
: Patients and/or the public were not involved in the design, conduct, reporting, or dissemination plans of this research.
: D.A., L.S., R.T., E.F. and G.T. conceptualised the research project. All authors were involved in design and data collection for the study. D.A., J.T., L.S., R.T., E.F. and G.T. were responsible for the analysis and interpretation of the results. D.A. and G.T. drafted the manuscript. All authors critically reviewed and edited the manuscript prior to submission.