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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Professional Rugby"”.
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Supplement Use In Professional Rugby League
… understanding of sports supplement use in elite Rugby League (RL) though identifying the prevalence of supplement use within elite RL; assessing the knowledge, beliefs and attitudes towards supplements amongst elite RL players; and by examining the knowledge, beliefs and attitudes towards …
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Determining, scoring and presenting successful performance in professional rugby league
… 2014). However, limited PI research for professional rugby league exists, with just one paper published (Woods, Sinclair and Robertson, 2017) although this was conducted on teams from the Australian elite competition, the NRL, with no similar attempts for Europe’s Super League …
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The epidemiology of injuries in professional rugby union in South Africa
… literature on the epidem iology of injuries in professional rugby. The second aim was to collect data on medical profiles, previous injuries, use of protective gear, medication and nutritional supplements in South African professional rugby players. Thirdly, the incidence, nature and …
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Players’ perspectives: How do New Zealand professional rugby players view personal development?
The New Zealand Rugby Players’ Association (NZRPA) offers a Personal Development Programme (PDP) which equips, empowers, and supports rugby players by providing them with opportunities to explore, learn and develop off-field skills and knowledge. This research project was born from curiosity, and a …
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Enhancing strategies to optimise body composition and nutrition in professional rugby union players
… training and competition. The requirements of professional Rugby Union (RU) are unique given players can be very large, strong, and powerful, or much smaller, faster, and elusive. Regardless of their size or respective playing position, players must be able to withstand numerous high-impact …
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Effect of acute and chronic exercise on immunoendocrine responses in professional rugby union
… and training on immunoendocrine markers in rugby union players. At the professional level, rugby is an intense and physically demanding game where a significant amount of tissue trauma occurs as a result of the many game collisions. The aims of the studies outlined in this thesis were to …
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The psychology of anterior cruciate ligament injury rehabilitation amongst professional rugby union players
[From the introduction:]Within professional contact sports, injury has been reported frequently by athletes as causing stress (Anshel, 2001; Noblet & Gifford, 2002). Particularly within rugby union where injury has been reported as one of the top four stressors experienced by elite adolescent …
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Exploring the Efficacy of a Lumbo-Pelvic-Hip Injury Reduction Strategy in Professional Rugby Union
… to reduce lumbo-pelvic-hip (LPH) injuries in a professional men’s rugby union team and examine its effectiveness. A secondary aim was to examine, on completion of the tailored program, the players’ perceptions of injury reduction programmes. Design: Insider action research using an ecological …
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Practice to pitch: The relationship between force-velocity profiles and match-day performance of semi-professional rugby union players
… to determine the most prominent in successful rugby teams, termed rugby performance indicators (RPIs). Coaches believe emphasising specific RPIs may increase team success. Recent advancements in force-velocity profiling (FVP) have allowed coaches to better assess the neuromuscular performance …
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An investigation into mild traumatic brain injury identification, management, and mitigation
… incidences of concussion across amateur and professional sport such as popular contact sports like rugby union. A primary aim of this thesis was to establish the current modalities of ‘pitch side’ concussion management, identification, and diagnosis across amateur and professional sporting …
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The relationship between training/match load and injuries in academy players during a provincial under 19 rugby union season
Background: The influence of professionalism has filtered down to junior levels in rugby union. The increased demands on junior professional rugby players has an impact on their fitness characteristics, training load, match load and injury profiles. Although many studies have been conducted on …
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Investigating impacts of sleep on recovery and performance in elite rugby union
… to enhance the understanding of sleep habits of professional, male Rugby Union athletes in both training and competition environments. Finally, the thesis evaluates interventions that could improve sleep in the same population. Study One subjectively assessed the sleep habits of 224 Rugby Union …
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Injury in elite rugby players during the Super 15 Rugby tournament
Professional rugby union is a contact sport with a high risk of injury. The Super Rugby competition is a particularly demanding 16-week Southern Hemisphere tournament. In this tournament, 15 teams compete and play international level matches every week, which may be associated with an even higher …
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Quantifying neuromuscular performance of elite rugby union players: Measurement characteristics and moderating factors
… investigates the neuromuscular status of elite rugby union players through longitudinal countermovement jump (CMJ) monitoring. A systematic and agnostic framework for selecting CMJ metrics is proposed, integrating reliability, sensitivity, and covariance considerations. Over four studies, …
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The acute effects of whole-body vibration and heavy resistance exercise on countermovement jump
… resistance exercise interventions. Fifteen male professional rugby union players (age 20.4±2.6 yrs) were recruited as participants. Using a cross-over design where participants performed all interventions, the heavy-resistance intervention consisted of a 3RM back squat, while the WBV intervention …
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Neurovascular implications of life-long exposure to contact in rugby union; the link to cognition
… cerebrovascular and cognitive signatures of professional rugby union players over a single season, stratified by frequency of contact events, playing position and concussion risk, and 2) determine the chronic molecular, cerebrovascular and cognitive signatures of formerly concussed retired …
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The Hormonal Profile of Elite Super League Players During and After Competition
… train, which have obvious implications for elite rugby. However, the hormonal profile of elite Super League players during and after competition is currently poorly understood. To gain insight into hormonal physiology in this athletic population, eighteen professional Super League Rugby League …
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Playing time of professional senior rugby players across all levels of South African rugby, 2007 -2012: implications for transformation
A single governing body to govern South African rugby was formed in 1992. This allowed for changes to governmental policies to South African sport, resulting in South African sport being fully representative of the population. The South African Rugby Union (SARU) therefore has a continual challenge …
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Quantification of training load in junior provincial rugby union players
… internal load and recovery status of junior semi-professional rugby union players (n = 36) during the u/19 Currie Cup campaign. Methods: The monitoring period covered 280 days (July – October) and included phases divided into off-season, pre-season and competition. Twelve league matches were …
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