Month: February 2014

Hurling Injuries

Hurlers are 19 times more likely to get injured during a match than during training What are the most common hurling injuries? Are Hurlers less fit than Gaelic footballers? This study followed 4 inter-county teams, a total of 127 hurlers, for a full season. 82% of players were injured during the season. That is 204 …

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Gaelic Football Injuries: How do they compare to Soccer and Rugby?

Murphy and Blake conducted a four year study tracking over 800 inter-county Gaelic Footballers between 2007 and 2010 and their findings were published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine in 2012. Match Play Injury Risk Gaelic Football had a match play injury risk that was greater than soccer but less than rugby. Gaelic football …

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