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This study aimed to explore UK rugby union players\u2019 attitudes towards wearing protective headgear.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>545 rugby union players (85% male) from a range of playing standards completed an online survey. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected on player attitudes towards protective headgear use. Descriptive statistics, multiple regressions and content analysis were used to analyse the responses.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>37% of players believed that headgear was effective in preventing head injuries. Playing group was found to be inversely associated with headgear effectiveness (\u2206<jats:italic>R<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                     <\/jats:italic>=0.01, <jats:italic>B<\/jats:italic>=\u22120.13, p=0.02), with youth players holding stronger beliefs that headgear is effective at preventing head injuries compared with all senior groups. The main reasons cited for wearing headgear related to protection from minor injuries (55%) with only 10% of responses related to concussion prevention.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>There appears to be a good awareness in UK players that protective headgear is not effective at preventing concussions. Continued education is vital to ensure players are fully aware of the limitations of headgear, and players who wear it do not engage in overly reckless behaviours as a result.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjsem-2017-000255","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,10,11]],"date-time":"2017-10-11T20:10:32Z","timestamp":1507752632000},"page":"e000255","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Attitudes towards protective headgear in UK rugby union players"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"3","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8262-5132","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andrew","family":"Barnes","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Academy of Sport and Physical Activity, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"James L","family":"Rumbold","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Academy of Sport and Physical Activity, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Peter","family":"Olusoga","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Academy of Sport and Physical Activity, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,10,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025083109580526000_3.1.e000255.1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.h1587"},{"key":"2025083109580526000_3.1.e000255.2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s40279-014-0233-3"},{"key":"2025083109580526000_3.1.e000255.3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cppeds.2010.06.002"},{"key":"2025083109580526000_3.1.e000255.4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bjsports-2012-091941"},{"key":"2025083109580526000_3.1.e000255.5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bjsports-2015-094978"},{"key":"2025083109580526000_3.1.e000255.6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.2005-0994"},{"key":"2025083109580526000_3.1.e000255.7","first-page":"325","article-title":"Injuries sustained by rugby players presenting to United States emergency departments, 1978 through 2004","volume":"41","author":"Yard","year":"2006","journal-title":"J Athl Train"},{"key":"2025083109580526000_3.1.e000255.8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1249\/01.MSS.0000355483.84280.ae"},{"key":"2025083109580526000_3.1.e000255.9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/ije\/dyh346"},{"key":"2025083109580526000_3.1.e000255.10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bjsm.2002.002584"},{"key":"2025083109580526000_3.1.e000255.11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Schneider DK , Grandhi RK , Bansal P , et al . 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