Fuller C W, Molloy M G, Bagate C, Bahr R, Brooks J H M, Donson H, Kemp S P T, McCrory P, McIntosh A S, Meeuwisse W H, Quarrie K L, Raftery M, Wiley P
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Clin J Sport Med. 2007 May;17(3):177-81. doi: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31803220b3.
Wide variations in the definitions and methodologies used for studies of injuries in rugby union have created inconsistencies in reported data and made interstudy comparisons of results difficult. The International Rugby Board established a Rugby Injury Consensus Group (RICG) to agree on appropriate definitions and methodologies to standardize the recording of injuries and reporting of studies in rugby union. The RICG reviewed the consensus definitions and methodologies previously published for football (soccer) at a meeting in Dublin to assess their suitability for and application to rugby union. Following this meeting, iterative draft statements were prepared and circulated to members of the RICG for comment; a follow-up meeting was arranged in Dublin at which time all definitions and procedures were finalized. At this stage, all authors confirmed their agreement with the consensus statement. The agreed-on document was presented to and approved by the International Rugby Board Council. Agreement was reached on definitions for injury, recurrent injury, nonfatal catastrophic injury, and training and match exposures together with criteria for classifying injuries in terms of severity, location, type, diagnosis, and causation. The definitions and methodology presented in this consensus statement for rugby union are similar to those proposed for football. Adoption of the proposals presented in this consensus statement should ensure that more consistent and comparable results will be obtained from studies of injuries within rugby union.
英式橄榄球联盟中，用于损伤研究的定义和方法存在很大差异，导致报告数据不一致，难以对研究结果进行相互比较。国际橄榄球理事会成立了一个橄榄球损伤共识小组（RICG），以商定适当的定义和方法，使英式橄榄球联盟中损伤记录和研究报告标准化。RICG在都柏林的一次会议上审查了先前为足球（英式足球）发布的共识定义和方法，以评估其对英式橄榄球联盟的适用性和应用情况。此次会议之后，编写了迭代声明草案并分发给RICG成员征求意见；在都柏林安排了一次后续会议，届时所有定义和程序都将最终确定。在此阶段，所有作者均确认同意该共识声明。商定的文件提交给国际橄榄球理事会并获得批准。就损伤、复发性损伤、非致命性灾难性损伤以及训练和比赛暴露的定义达成了一致，同时还就根据严重程度、位置、类型、诊断和病因对损伤进行分类的标准达成了一致。本共识声明中提出的英式橄榄球联盟的定义和方法与为足球提出的定义和方法相似。采用本共识声明中提出的建议应能确保从英式橄榄球联盟内的损伤研究中获得更一致且可比的结果。
