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Knee Injuries in Women Collegiate Rugby Players

American Orthopaedic Rugby Football Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Merrick J. Wetzler, MD

American Orthopaedic Rugby Football Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Marie Lewars, RN

American Orthopaedic Rugby Football Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

William Laughlin, MS

American Orthopaedic Rugby Football Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

We evaluated the prevalence and patterns of knee injuries in 810 women collegiate rugby players. Injuries that resulted in players missing at least one game were recorded and a questionnaire was used to delineate players' rugby and knee injury history. There were 76 total knee injuries in 58,296 exposures. This resulted in a 1.3 knee injury rate per 1000 exposures. Twenty-one anterior cruciate ligament tears were reported for a 0.36 incidence per 1000 exposures. Other injuries in cluded meniscal tears (25), medial collateral ligament sprains (23), patellar dislocations (5), and posterior cruciate ligament tears (2). Sixty-one percent of the medial collateral ligament sprains occurred in rugby forwards and 67% of anterior cruciate ligament tears occurred in rugby backs. All other injuries occurred with equal frequency in backs and forwards. This study demonstrates that knee injury rates in women's colle giate rugby are similar to those reported for other wom en's collegiate sports. The overall rate of anterior cru ciate ligament injury in women's rugby, however, is slightly higher than that reported for women soccer and basketball players.

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