Rugby Publications
Tackle characteristics and suspected concussion: recommendations to improve high school girls' rugby tackle safety
Shill IJ, West SW, Galarneau JM, Omokuale J, Hendricks S, Pike I, Palmer D, Stokes KA, Hagel BE, Emery CA.
BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med. 2025 Sep 10;11(3):e002573. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2025-002573. eCollection 2025.
A Comparison of Suspected Injuries, Suspected Concussions, and Match Events in Male and Female Canadian High School 15s and 7s Rugby
Price TM, West SW, Shill IJ, Hendricks S, Stokes KA, Emery CA.
Clin J Sport Med. 2025 Mar 4. doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000001337. Online ahead of print.
Differences in injury and concussion rates in a cohort of Canadian female and male youth Rugby Union: a step towards targeted prevention strategies
Shill IJ, West SW, Sick S, Schneider KJ, Wiley JP, Hagel BH, Black AM, Emery CA.
Br J Sports Med. 2023 Nov 20:bjsports-2023-106929. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2023-106929. Online ahead of print.
It Takes Two to Tango: High Rates of Injury and Concussion in Ball Carriers and Tacklers in High School Boys' Rugby
West SW, Shill IJ, Sick S, Schneider KJ, Wiley JP, Hagel BE, Emery CA, Black AM.
Clin J Sport Med. 2023 Jan 12. doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000001118. Online ahead of print.
Caught on camera: a video assessment of suspected concussion and other injury events in women's rugby union
West SW, Shill IJ, Sutter B, George J, Ainsworth N, Wiley JP, Patricios J, Emery CA.
J Sci Med Sport. 2022 Oct;25(10):805-809. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2022.07.008. Epub 2022 Jul 14.
Injuries and Concussions in Female High School Rugby: Prevention is Worth a Try
Shill IJ, West SW, Sick S, Schneider K, Hagel BE, Pasanen K, Wiley JP, Emery CA, Black AM.
Clin J Sport Med. 2022 Sep 1;32(5):508-516. doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000993. Epub 2021 Nov 10.
Canadian High School Rugby Coaches Readiness for an Injury Prevention Strategy Implementation: Evaluating a Train-the-Coach Workshop
Shill IJ, Räisänen A, Black AM, Barden C, van den Berg C, McKay CD, West SW, Pasanen K, Hagel BE, Emery CA.
Front Sports Act Living. 2021 May 31:3:672603. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2021.672603. eCollection 2021.
Baseline Performance of High School Rugby Players on the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 5
Black AM, Miutz LN, Warriyar KV V, Schneider KJ, Yeates KO, Emery CA.
J Athl Train. 2020 Feb;55(2):116-123. doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-123-19. Epub 2020 Jan 9.