Exposure to impacts across a competitive rugby season impairs balance and neuromuscular function in female rugby athletes.
Stephanie E BlackBruno FollmerRinaldo André MezzaraneGregory E P PearceyYao SunE Paul ZehrPublished in: BMJ open sport & exercise medicine (2020)
Quantitative measures revealed that exposure to impacts across a competitive rugby season impair balance in two specific stances in female rugby athletes. Tandem-leg stance on an unstable surface and double-leg stance on firm surface are useful assessment conditions when performed over a low-cost balance board, even without clinically diagnosed concussion.