Biomechanical loads in rugby union tackling are affected by tackle direction and impact shoulder

Elena Seminati; Dario Cazzola; Grant Trewartha; Sean Williams; Ezio Preatoni

Biomechanical loads in rugby union tackling are affected by tackle direction and impact shoulder

Elena Seminati, Dario Cazzola, Grant Trewartha, Sean Williams, Ezio Preatoni

Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter in a published conference proceeding

Abstract

Approximately 25% of Rugby Union injuries occur to players executing a tackle and they mostly involve upper-body regions. We designed novel tackle simulator to investigate upper-body loading under different tackling conditions: direction of approach and side of body used. Dominant shoulder tackles in the frontal direction generated the highest impact forces, 5.3 ± 1.0 kN (15% higher than non-dominant) and the lowest range of neck flexion (20% lower than non-dominant) at impact. Impact load decreased going from frontal to diagonal (-3%) and lateral tackling (-10%). The lowest peak head acceleration
and angular velocity resulted from diagonal tackles with the dominant shoulder. For injury prevention, the tackler should approach from an offset angle from frontal and coaching
should aim to reduce the deficiencies in tackling technique on the non-dominant side.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Biomechanics in Sports (2017) Cologne, Germany, June 13-18, 2017
Pages	540 - 543
Number of pages	4
Volume	1
Publication status	Acceptance date - 3 Apr 2017
Event	35th International Conference on Biomechanics in Sports - German Sport University , Cologne, Germany Duration: 14 Jun 2017 → 18 Jun 2017 https://www.isbs2017.com/

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Conference	35th International Conference on Biomechanics in Sports
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Cologne
Period	14/06/17 → 18/06/17
Internet address	https://www.isbs2017.com/

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Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Biomechanics in Sports (2016) Tsukuba, Japan, July 18-22, 2016

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Biomechanical loads in rugby union tackling are affected by tackle direction and impact shoulder. / Seminati, Elena ; Cazzola, Dario; Trewartha, Grant et al.
Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Biomechanics in Sports (2017) Cologne, Germany, June 13-18, 2017. Vol. 1 2017. p. 540 - 543.

Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter in a published conference proceeding

Seminati, E , Cazzola, D, Trewartha, G, Williams, S & Preatoni, E 2017, Biomechanical loads in rugby union tackling are affected by tackle direction and impact shoulder. in Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Biomechanics in Sports (2017) Cologne, Germany, June 13-18, 2017. vol. 1, pp. 540 - 543, 35th International Conference on Biomechanics in Sports, Cologne, Germany, 14/06/17.

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