Publications by authors named "N Draper"
The incidence of head impacts in rugby has been a growing concern for player safety. While rugby headgear shows potential to mitigate head impact intensity during laboratory simulations, evaluating its on-field effectiveness is challenging. Current rugby-specific laboratory testing methods may not represent on-field conditions.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Psychology plays an important role in rock climbing performance and safety. Many studies have examined the psychology of rock climbing, a sport that has grown in popularity and status over the past few decades.
Objective: This systematic review aimed to summarize published research on the psychology of rock climbing, find commonalities and disagreements within the current research and illuminate future research areas.
Article Synopsis
- This study focuses on player safety in rugby, particularly regarding head impacts and the effectiveness of headgear in preventing brain injuries like concussions.
- Using a deep-learning brain injury model, researchers tested different types of headgear on various impact surfaces to assess how well they reduce brain strain.
- Results showed that newer headgear with open cell foams effectively reduced brain strain, while conventional headgear with closed cell foams did not, indicating a need for further research on real-game impact scenarios.
Objectives: We sought to extrapolate the long-term costs and clinical impacts attributed to the rugby fans in training-New Zealand (RUFIT-NZ) trial in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Design: A modelled cost-effectiveness analysis using efficacy data from RUFIT-NZ was conducted from the Aotearoa New Zealand healthcare perspective.
Setting: A Markov cohort model was constructed with a lifetime time horizon.