Danielle M Salmon, Jason Chua, James C Brown, Amanda Clacy, Zachary Yukio Kerr, Simon Walters, Sierra Keung, S John Sullivan, Johna Register-Mihalik, Chris Whatman, Gisela Sole, Marelise Badenhorst
There is a growing concern around concussions in rugby union, at all levels of the game. These concerns highlight the need to better manage and care for players. However, consistency around concussion-related responsibilities of stakeholders across the community rugby system remains challenging. Taking a systems thinking approach, this pragmatic, qualitative descriptive study explored key stakeholder groups within New Zealand's community rugby system's perceptions of their own and others' concussion-related responsibilities...
2023: BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine