Scenario—identifies the context that precipitated the eventual injury12
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With teammate |
Injury occurs as a result of actions/involvement of teammates |
With opponent |
Injury occurs because of actions/involvement with members of opposing team |
Fall/trip |
Independent of interference from other players, player loses footing and trips/falls |
Other |
Any situation not described by above scenarios |
Inconclusive |
Unable to definitively identify scenario/result of combination of scenarios |
Player position |
Hooker |
Identified by number on playing jersey or on injury report |
Prop |
Identified by number on playing jersey or on injury report |
Second row |
Identified by number on playing jersey or on injury report |
Flanker |
Identified by number on playing jersey or on injury report |
Number eight |
Identified by number on playing jersey or on injury report |
Scrum Half |
Identified by number on playing jersey or on injury report |
Fly-half |
Identified by number on playing jersey or on injury report |
Centre |
Identified by number on playing jersey or on injury report |
Wing |
Identified by number on playing jersey or on injury report |
Back |
Identified by number on playing jersey or on injury report |
Body region: concussed player—area of concussive contact12
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Head/face |
Initial contact to area of head/face |
Neck |
Initial contact to neck, that is, area between shoulders and head |
Shoulders/arms |
Initial contact to shoulders/arms |
Torso |
Initial contact to torso, that is, body NOT including head and limbs |
Hips and below |
Initial contact to hip area or below, that is, hip to ankle |
Inconclusive |
Unable to definitively identify body region/combination of regions |
Object or body region of other player—anatomical region or object concussed player makes concussive hit onto |
Head |
Concussion contact to area of head/face |
Neck |
Concussion contact to neck, that is, area between shoulders and head |
Shoulders/arms |
Concussion contact to shoulders/arms |
Torso |
Concussion contact to torso, that is, body NOT including head and limbs |
Hips and below |
Concussion contact to hip area or below, that is, hip to ankle |
With ground |
Concussion contact occurs onto ground |
With pole |
Concussion contact occurs into pole |
Inconclusive |
Unable to definitively identify body region/combination of regions |
Body location—refers to anatomical aspect of the region struck (eg, if contact is to forehead=anterior)12
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Anterior |
Front |
Posterior |
Back |
Lateral |
Side |
Inconclusive |
Unable to definitively report |
Acceleration direction of head—identifies biomechanical plane(s) of concussed player's head motion12
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Sagittal |
Forward—backward movements |
Coronal |
Side-to-side movements |
Transverse |
Rotational or twisting movements |
Multiplane |
Movements incorporating more than one plane |
Inconclusive |
Unable to definitively identify plane |
Head position pre—contact: concussed |
Up and forward |
Toward object/contact player |
Away |
Away from object/contact player |
Down |
Towards the ground |
In motion |
Player's head was moving |
Head position on contact: concussed player |
Up and forward |
Towards object/contact player |
Away |
Away from object/contact player |
Down |
Towards the ground |
In motion |
Player's head was moving |