- Title
- "Feeling foggy?": an investigation into the self-reported post-concussive symptoms in rugby union players at university level
- Creator
- Boulind, Melissa
- ThesisAdvisor
- Edwards, Ann
- Subject
- Brain damage
- Subject
- Brain -- Wounds and injuries -- Complications
- Subject
- Brain -- Wounds and injuries -- Psychology
- Subject
- Sports injuries -- Psychological aspects
- Subject
- Rugby football injuries
- Subject
- Rugby Union football players
- Date
- 2005
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- vital:2938
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002447
- Identifier
- Brain damage
- Identifier
- Brain -- Wounds and injuries -- Complications
- Identifier
- Brain -- Wounds and injuries -- Psychology
- Identifier
- Sports injuries -- Psychological aspects
- Identifier
- Rugby football injuries
- Identifier
- Rugby Union football players
- Description
- A study was conducted on the self-reported symptoms of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury sustained in Rugby Union at the pre- and post-season stages. A full sample of 30 rugby players at Rhodes University was compared to 27 non-contact sport controls. A reduced sample of 20 rugby players and 9 control participants provided improved control for education and IQ and was compared. Measures included the WAIS-III Vocabulary and Picture Completion Sub-tests to estimate IQ level, the symptom checklist on a widely used computer-based program (ImPACT), and a paper and pencil self-report 31-Item Post-Concussion Symptom Questionnaire. Independent and Dependent T-Test comparisons were conducted on the full and reduced samples. The symptoms reported by the rugby group appeared to be more pronounced on both the ImPACT Symptom Scale and the 31-Item Post-Concussion Symptom Questionnaire when compared to the control group at both the pre-and post-season stages. It was concluded that the rugby players demonstrated evidence to support the hypothesis of having sustained more previous concussions and reporting more symptoms at the pre-season stage when compared to comtrol participants. No prevalent changes for either the rugby or control groups were seen in dependent comparisons from pre-to post-season.
- Format
- 140 leaves, pdf
- Publisher
- Rhodes University, Faculty of Humanities, Psychology
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Boulind, Melissa
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