UP TIPS study helps make rugby players healthier to perform in tournaments

The largest prospective study on illness in rugby union players has revealed that 70% of the players studied in just one season’s Super Rugby Tournament reported illness at some time during the tournament.

UP TIPS study helps make rugby players healthier to perform in tournaments: Super Rugby Lions vs Bulls match at Loftus. (Shutterstock)

Professor Martin Schwellnus
Super Rugby Lions vs Bulls match at Loftus.
Super Rugby Lions vs Bulls match at Loftus.

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Professor Martin Schwellnus

Professor Martin Schwellnus is the Director of the newly established Institute for Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Research at the University of Pretoria, Director of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Research Center in South Africa, and a longstanding member of the IOC Medical Commission. He is also a specialist sports and exercise medicine physician who regularly consults with athletes of all levels.

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