Studying Contact Replays: Investigating Mechanisms, Management and Game Exposures (SCRIMMAGE) for brain health in the Australasian National Rugby League: a protocol for a database design

Andrew J. Gardner, Grant L. Iverson, Paul Bloomfield, Sharron Flahive, James Brown, Suzi Edwards, Gordon Fuller, Mazdak Ghajari, P. Jhala, Ben Jones, Christopher Levi, Warren McDonald, Shreya McLeod, Cameron Owen, Georgia Page, Kenneth L. Quarrie, Oliver J. Smith, Peter Stanwell, Daniel Tadmor, Timana Tahu, Douglas P. Terry, Campbell Thomson, Ross Tucker, Lauren V. Fortington

BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 2024

Abstract

Concussions in contact sports are challenging for athletes, health professionals and sporting bodies to prevent, detect and manage. Design of interventions for primary prevention, early recognition of concussion and continuing to improve postconcussion management are essential for protecting athletes and promoting brain health. Over the last decade, there have been advancements in video technology for analysing head impact events and improvements in the clinical management of concussions. This study protocol describes how researchers, clinicians and staff from the Australasian National Rugby League (NRL) have brought these advancements together and developed a database of videos with head impact events and clinical outcomes. The intended outputs from this work will enhance the understanding of head impact events in NRL, from biomechanical and gameplay factors to concussion and return to play outcomes. Publishing this protocol increases the transparency of this large-scale effort to better identify head impacts and their relationship to concussions and player movement behaviour to contextualise these variables to generate new knowledge and support the reproducibility of these…

Cite as (BibTeX)

@article{gardner-2024-studying-contact-replays-investigating,
  title={Studying Contact Replays: Investigating Mechanisms, Management and Game Exposures (SCRIMMAGE) for brain health in the Australasian National Rugby League: a protocol for a database design},
  author={Andrew J. Gardner and Grant L. Iverson and Paul Bloomfield and Sharron Flahive and James Brown and Suzi Edwards and Gordon Fuller and Mazdak Ghajari and P. Jhala and Ben Jones and Christopher Levi and Warren McDonald and Shreya McLeod and Cameron Owen and Georgia Page and Kenneth L. Quarrie and Oliver J. Smith and Peter Stanwell and Daniel Tadmor and Timana Tahu and Douglas P. Terry and Campbell Thomson and Ross Tucker and Lauren V. Fortington},
  journal={BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine},
  year={2024},
  doi={10.1136/bmjsem-2024-002216}
}