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• Title: Boksmart: Pre-Participation Screening of Rugby Players by Coaches Based on Internationally Accepted Medical Standards (Report)
• Author : South African Journal of Sports Medicine
• Release Date : January 01, 2010
• Genre: Health & Fitness,Books,Health, Mind & Body,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 228 KB

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Introduction In any medical consultation, the history serves as a very important initial assessment of the patient's presenting complaint or condition. Pre-participation evaluations (PPEs) are largely designed for medically qualified personnel to screen for players who may be at risk of illness or injury. (1-12) The most recent example of such a template is FIFA's Pre Competition Medical Assessment (PCMA) (13) used to screen all participants before the recent FIFA 2010 World Cup. Much of the emphasis is on cardiovascular disease, as this is the largest cause of sudden death in young athletes. (14) In South African rugby, particularly at school and community club level, pre-participation screening is rarely conducted owing to a lack of resources and skills. In designing a pre-participation screen for coaches, the challenge is to be able to 'red flag' potentially serious cardiovascular risk factors as well as musculoskeletal and neurological risks pertinent to a collision sport such as rugby, using easily understood questions that cast the screening net wide enough to determine who should be formally medically assessed (see Table I). (15)

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