Table 3 Number and percentage of clubs in each group taking a pre-employment history of players’ general health, cardiovascular/respiratory, neurological, and musculoskeletal systems (see table 1 for a full identification of each test code)
GroupNumber of clubs conducting assessment test (%)
General healthCardiovascular/respiratoryNeurologicalMusculoskeletal
GH-HxC-FHRHxC-HHxC-RHxN-IHxN-CHxMG-IHxMG-SHxMG-THx
Football (Pr)13 (87)13 (87)13 (87)12 (80)13 (87)13 (87)14 (93)14 (93)14 (93)
Football (Ch)22 (100)22 (100)22 (100)22 (100)21 (95)21 (95)22 (100)22 (100)20 (91)
Rugby union (Pr)8 (89)8 (89)8 (89)8 (89)8 (89)8 (89)9 (100)9 (100)8 (89)
Rugby union (D1)4 (36)4 (36)4 (36)4 (36)4 (36)4 (36)6 (55)5 (45)3 (27)
Cricket7 (58)4 (33)4 (33)4 (33)2 (17)1 (8)6 (50)6 (50)2 (17)
Rugby league4 (67)3 (50)5 (83)5 (83)4 (67)4 (67)6 (100)6 (100)3 (50)
  • Ch, Championship; D1, Division 1; Pr, Premiership.