TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Female rugby union injuries in New Zealand: a review of five years (2013-2017) of Accident Compensation Corporation moderate to severe claims and costs
JO  - Journal of science and medicine in sport
A1  - King, D.
A1  - Hume, P. A.
A1  - Hardaker, N.
A1  - Cummins, C.
A1  - Clark, T.
A1  - Pearce, A. J.
A1  - Gissane, C.
SP  - 532
EP  - 537
VL  - 22
IS  - 5
N2  - OBJECTIVES: To provide epidemiological data and related costs for moderate-to-serious and serious injury claims for women's rugby union in New Zealand. <br><br>DESIGN: A retrospective analytical review of injury entitlement claims for women's rugby from 2013 to 2017. <br><br>METHODS: Data were analysed by year of competition, age, body site and injury type for total and moderate-to-severe (MSC) Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) claims and costs. <br><br>RESULTS: Over 2013 to 2017 there were 26,070 total claims for female rugby union costing $18,440,812 [AD$16,956,998]. The 15-19-year age group recorded 40% (n=1,009) of the total female rugby union Moderate-to-serious and serious (MSC) claims and 41% ($5,419,157 [AD$4,983,112]) of the total female rugby union MSC costs. The knee was the most commonly recorded injury site accounting for 40.3% (n=1,007) of MSC claims and 46.9% ($6,229,714 [AD$5,728732]) of MSC costs with an average cost of $1,245,943 ±$217,796 [AD$595,351 ±AD$104,070] per-year for female rugby union. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study to report the nature and related costs for moderate-to-serious and serious injury claims for women's rugby union in New Zealand. A total of 26,070 injury claims were lodged over the duration of the study but only 9.6% (n=2,501) of these were classified as MSC injury entitlement claims. Participants 25 years and older accounted for 31% of the female rugby union player claims. Females in the over 35-year age groups compete against younger participants which may account for the higher mean cost per-claim seen as the age groups increase in years until they retire from the game.<br><br>Copyright © 2018 Sports Medicine Australia. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1440-2440
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2018.10.015
ID  - ref1
ER  -