Scenario—identifies the context that precipitated the eventual injury12 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |