NZ-RugbyHealth Study: Self-reported Injury Experience and Current Health of Former Rugby Union and Non-contact Sport Players.

"Declarations FundingOpen Access funding enabled and organized by CAUL and its Member Institutions. Data availabilityAs the study was funded by World Rugby and New Zealand Rugby, and the dataset is under embargo, the dataset and software analyses code for the research are not available unless a request is made to World Rugby. Contributors statementAccording to the definition given by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), the authors listed qualify for authorship based on making one or more substantial contributions to the intellectual content of the manuscript. Professor Patria Hume collaborated in designing the NZ-RugbyHealth project, was responsible for the original conception of the project, wrote the funding application, obtained ethical approval, helped recruit participants, analysed data, provided interpretation of results, wrote the first draft of the technical reports and the manuscript. Dr Ken Quarrie initiated the NZ-RugbyHealth project, helped determine the questions, helped analyse data, provided interpretation of results and co-authored the manuscript. Associate Professor Gwyn Lewis helped recruit participants, helped analyse data, provided interpretation of results and co-authored the manuscript. Professor Alice Theadom helped determine the questions, recruit participants, provided interpretation of results and co-authored the manuscript. All authors take responsibility for the paper. Authors' conflicts of interestKenneth L. Quarrie was employed by NZ Rugby prior to and throughout the duration of the project. World Rugby and New Zealand Rugby provided funding for the project. Patria A. Hume, Gwyn N. Lewis and Alice Theadom declare that they have no conflict of interest. Compliance with ethical standardsThe study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki given ethics approval was obtained from the Auckland University of Technology Ethics Committee (AUTEC #12/252). Participants gave informed consent after reading a participant information sheet about the project. FundingThe study was funded by World Rugby (International Rugby Board) and New Zealand Rugby, and staff salaries provided in kind by the Sport Performance Research Institute New Zealand (SPRINZ), the National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neurosciences (NISAN) and the Health and Rehabilitation Research Institute (HRRI) of Auckland University of Technology. Provenance and peer reviewNot commissioned, externally peer reviewed. Authors' conflicts of interest Kenneth L. Quarrie was employed by NZ Rugby prior to and throughout the duration of the project. World Rugby and New Zealand Rugby provided funding for the project. Patria A. Hume, Gwyn N. Lewis and Alice Theadom declare that they have no conflict of interest."

"Funding Open Access funding enabled and organized by CAUL and its Member Institutions. Funding The study was funded by World Rugby (International Rugby Board) and New Zealand Rugby, and staff salaries provided in kind by the Sport Performance Research Institute New Zealand (SPRINZ), the National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neurosciences (NISAN) and the Health and Rehabilitation Research Institute (HRRI) of Auckland University of Technology."