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Movement and physical demands of school and university rugby union match-play in England

Overview of attention for article published in BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, March 2017
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Title
Movement and physical demands of school and university rugby union match-play in England
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BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, March 2017
DOI 10.1136/bmjsem-2016-000147
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Dale Read, Daniel Weaving, Padraic Phibbs, Joshua Darrall-Jones, Gregory Roe, Jonathon Weakley, Sharief Hendricks, Kevin Till, Ben Jones

Abstract

In England, rugby union is a popular sport and is widely played within schools. Despite the large participation numbers, the movement and physical demands of the sport and how they progress by age have not been explored. Ninety-six male rugby union players wore microtechnology devices during six rugby union matches within the education pathway to investigate the movement and physical demands of match-play. To quantify the positional differences and progression by age, data were obtained for participants at the under 16 (U16) (n=31 participants), under 18 (U18) (n=34 participants) and university (n=31 participants) levels. Players were further divided in forwards and backs. Data were analysed using magnitude-based inferences. For the movement demands, U16 total distance and 'striding' was likely higher for forwards than backs, whereas at U18, unclear differences were observed and from university players the inverse was observed (very likely). In all age groups sprint distance was likely to very likely greater for backs than forwards. Forwards had greater physical demands than backs at all age groups. For consecutive age groups, U16 had a likely higher relative distance than U18, and U18 had a likely lower relative distance than university players. Physical demands were similar across age groups for forwards, and greater for backs at older age groups. The movement and physical demands of rugby union players participating in schools (U16 and U18), may not be as expected, however, the findings from university players show a similar pattern to the senior game.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 141 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 31 22%
Student > Master 27 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 9%
Student > Postgraduate 12 9%
Lecturer 7 5%
Other 19 13%
Unknown 32 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Sports and Recreations 81 57%
Medicine and Dentistry 9 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 4%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 3%
Social Sciences 4 3%
Other 4 3%
Unknown 34 24%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 38. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 January 2022.
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#1,028,496
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#171
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#21,108
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#7
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