Lower struggle height due to falling in head collisions

In a study at the University of Edinburgh, the ratio of head collisions among players who reduced the struggle of men’s rugbis almost half.

The Low Fight Height Act was introduced by World Rugby in the 2023/24 season to increase security for players for community rugby.

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh used video analysis to examine the struggles from 60 male community matches in Scotland before and during the hearing, and found that the change of law resulted in a 45% decrease in head -head contact.

Previously, experts who come up head -to -head, Sports tremor.

Both Rugby Union and Rugby League officials Ongoing legal proceedings One of the former players suffered from brain injury.

The study examining the struggle 18.702 attributed the amendment to the law to a decrease of 29% in contact with the shoulder for the team and ball carrier.

During the trial period of the 2023/24 season, the probability of bending of players to bend into the waist was 22% higher, which was recommended to reduce the proximity and theme of the player head.

Moray House Education and Sports School Sports, Physical Education and Health Sciences Institute Dr. Debbie Palmer and Sport IOC Research Center of the Common Director of the Common Director of the Injury and Disease Prevention Prevention Center for nearly 10 years participated in the research of the shocks in RAGBİ.

“We know that the shock is among the most common injury, but we know that participation in the entertainment level is really useful. We want to reduce injury risks and be involved in sports.

He said: “We do not have injury data to say if it has an effect on the shaking rates within the level of men, but we know about 250 head contacts for tacks and more than 300 head contact for the ball carrier has potentially saved for a season.”

Dr Palmer said the findings were “very encouraging”, but whether law changes in professional game and community level have been implemented.

“The risks of injury, jolt risks and mechanisms for such injuries vary between professional players and amateur players, but this is a decision of Scottish Rugby and the world’s rugbo in the coming months.”

Hamish Gornall, the chief writer of the study, Edinburgh University, Hamish Gornall from the Moray House Education and Sports School, showed that the change of rule that reduces the height of the work, shoulder sternum or chest bone was “effective” in changing the behavior of the struggle.

Mr Gornall told BBC Scotland News that the increase in “belly struggles” was promising.

He said: “Really encouraging emphasis points, the bending of the players more frequently, we see less contact in high -risk areas, which has caused less head and head -to -head contacts. This is a really positive result from the study.”

The study is part of an international project. World Rugby To evaluate the effects of lowering the height of struggle in a series of countries, including France, New Zealand and Australia.

Researchers have not found a significant increase in the minds of the struggles of the ball carriers’ hips or knees, which is associated with increasing head trauma evaluations and risk of diagnosis of shaking.

The hearing was accepted by Scottish Rugby and made it compulsory at all amateur game levels.

Scottish Rugby Head Medical Officer David Pugh said: “In Scottish Rugby, we’re trying to reduce the incidence of jolt as much as possible.

“We are also working on an injury supervision project with the university, and we hope that it will see a significant decrease in the shock rates due to a lower struggle attempt.

“Hamish’s research clearly shows that player behaviors have changed, which reduces head -to -head and head -to -head contacts that should lead to less shaking in our players.”

In 2023 Former rugby players brains by Glasgow University He found that 21 of the brain, which was analyzed, had evidence that the 21 of the brain was linked to repeated head injuries and jolts.

A Durham University study last year Ragbi players, who have undergone multiple shakes, have biological differences that can make them more prone to developing motor neuron disease (MND), the condition in which the former Scottish Internationalist Doddie Weir dies.

More than 1,000 former amateur and professional Rugby Union and Rugby League player are currently in a long -standing jolt against the management bodies of the sport.