Injury-prevention behaviour | Education |
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(‘Do you do/use the following…’) | (‘In relation to rugby, have you received information on…in the last year’) |
1. Injury management: use of ice, compression and elevation (3) | Injury management (RICED)? |
2. Injury management: avoidance of heat, alcohol, exercise and massage (4) | Injury management (RICED)? |
3. Protective equipment (including mouthguard use) at training/matches (2) | Protective equipment? |
4. Warming-up at training/matches (2) | Warming-up? |
5. Cooling-down at training/matches (2) | Cooling-down? |
6. Safe techniques (tackling, rucking and scrummaging in forwards) (3) | Safe rugby techniques |
The number in parenthesis following the behaviour indicates the total number of behaviours that were asked for each section (n=16). RICED, rest, ice, compression, elevation, diagnosis.