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We are the Amsterdam Collaboration on Health & Safety in Sports (ACHSS). An initiative that brings together, within the Amsterdam UMC, two Dutch leading academic groups on research and clinical practice of athlete health protection. The ACHSS initiative is one of the 11 IOC Research Centers for Prevention of Injury and Protection of Athlete Health.

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Coaches’ and referees’ perceptions of the BokSmart injury prevention programme

September 05, 2016 in Publications, Healthy Sports

The South African Rugby Union launched the BokSmart nationwide injury prevention programme to reduce rugby- related catastrophic injuries. The aim of this qualitative study was to evaluate the coaches and referees’ perceptions of the implementation of the BokSmart programme.

Rugby injuries in youth are costly

September 10, 2014 in Healthy Sports, Publications

Rugby Union (“rugby”) is a popular sport with high injury risk. Burden of injury is described by the incidence and severity of injury. However reports have ignored the monetary cost of injuries. Therefore the aim of this study was to describe the monetary cost associated with youth rugby injuries. This descriptive study quantified medical treatments of injured players at the South African Rugby Union Youth tournaments in 2011/2012 and the days of work parents missed as a result of the injuries. A health insurer used these data to calculate associated costs.