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Inconsistent anticipatory postural adjustments (APAs) in rugby players : a source of injuries ?

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Author
WANG, Damping
128325 Hangzhou Dianzi University [HDU]
MAHE, Gaël
FANG, Junying
PISCIONE, Julien
357833 Fédération Française de Rugby [FFR]
COUVET, Serge
RETIERE, Didier
357833 Fédération Française de Rugby [FFR]
LAPORTE, Sébastien
1001017 Institut de Biomécanique Humaine Georges Charpak [IBHGC]
VIDAL, Pierre-Paul

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http://hdl.handle.net/10985/18736
Date
2018
Journal
BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine

Abstract

Background: We are developing since 2010 with Thales and the Fédération Française de Rugby (FFR) M-Rex, a new kind of rugby scrum simulator. The study questioned whether it could improve safety and protect players from injury by using it as a tool for training/coaching the packs. Aim: To explore the anticipatory postural adjustments (APAs) during the engagement of the ruck, because these predictive neck and back muscles contractions protect the spinal cord at the time of impacts, which is crucial to prevent injuries. Methods: We quantified the kinematics and the EMG activities in high-level front row players during their initial engagement, when scrummaging with M-Rex. All studies were performed with one player interacting with the robot, at first, and then with the three players acting together. Results: For most of the tested high-level players, the APA latencies were highly variable from trial to trial even though the engagement resulted in similar impacts. At time, the onset of the electromyography activity in the neck and back muscles showed latencies inferior to 50 ms or even close to zero prior to the impact, which rendered muscle contractions inefficient as APAs. We were also unable to identify clear muscular synergies underlying the APAs because of their great variability on a trial-to-trial basis. Finally, the APAs were not related to the amplitude of the ensuing impact and were asymmetric in most trials. All these characteristics held true, whether the player was playing alone or with two other frontline players. Conclusion: Our result suggest that APAs should be systematically tested in high-level rugby players as well as in any high-level sport men at risk of neck and back injuries. Because APAs can be efficiently trained, our study paves the way to design individual position-specific injury prevention programme.

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