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  • Kinematics of the Axial Skeleton During One-Man Rugby Union Scrums

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    Author(s)
    Cerrito, Adrien
    Evans, Kerrie
    Adams, Roger
    Pizzolato, Claudio
    Milburn, Peter
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Evans, Kerrie A.
    Milburn, Peter D.
    Pizzolato, Claudio
    Cerrito, Adrien
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    2017
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    Abstract
    Understanding kinematics and movement variability (MV) of the axial skeleton (head, thorax, spine, and pelvis) during scrums in Rugby Union is important from a performance and injury prevention perspective. The aim of this study was to investigate repeatability (or MV) of axial skeleton kinematics during one-man simulated scrums. Nine front row players performed scrums against a scrum machine. Results showed high levels of repeatability. The outcomes of this study suggest that the difficulty in performing scrums well might not reside in the basic technique, but be more associated with external factors, such as the interaction ...
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    Understanding kinematics and movement variability (MV) of the axial skeleton (head, thorax, spine, and pelvis) during scrums in Rugby Union is important from a performance and injury prevention perspective. The aim of this study was to investigate repeatability (or MV) of axial skeleton kinematics during one-man simulated scrums. Nine front row players performed scrums against a scrum machine. Results showed high levels of repeatability. The outcomes of this study suggest that the difficulty in performing scrums well might not reside in the basic technique, but be more associated with external factors, such as the interaction between players in a full scrum. Therefore, the results suggest that expert movement may better be achieved by practicing scrums under more realistic conditions than against a scrum machine.
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    Conference Title
    Conference Proceedings of the 35th Conference of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports
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    https://commons.nmu.edu/isbs/vol35/iss1/168/
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    © The Author(s) 2017. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. For information about this conference please refer to the conference’s website or contact the author(s).
    Subject
    Biomechanics
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/378877
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