Davies, Madeleine A. M.
Lawrence, Tom
Edwards, Antoinette
Lecky, Fiona
McKay, Carly D.
Stokes, Keith A.
Williams, Sean
Funding for this research was provided by:
British Medical Association
Article History
Received: 17 December 2019
Accepted: 31 March 2020
First Online: 27 April 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Institutional research ethics approval was granted for this study (University of Bath Research Ethics Approval Committee for Health EP 17/18 08). Patient consent was not specifically sought, as the study was an audit of anonymised data.
: Not applicable: No data from any individual person included in manuscript.
: There are no financial or non-financial competing interests to declare related to the publication of this protocol or project.MD receives part-funding from the British Medical Association, Rugby Football Union and the Rugby Football Union’s Injured Players’ Foundation.TL has previously been funded by TARN.AE receives funding from TARN.FL is part-funded by TARN.CM received funding from the British Medical Association (BMA) Scholarship Grant to initiate this work. CM also receives funding for other research projects from the Rugby Football Union, Rugby Football Union’s Injured Players’ Foundation and World Rugby.KS receives project funding from Premiership Rugby, the Rugby Football Union, Rugby Football Union’s Injured Players Foundation, England and Wales Cricket Board, and the Racing Foundation. KS is employed by the Rugby Football Union.SW received funding from the British Medical Association (BMA) Scholarship Grant to initiate this work. SW also receives funding for other research projects from the Rugby Football Union and Premiership Rugby.