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Stephen West
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Latest papers
Training-related concussions in men's English Premiership Rugby Union: an eight-season prospective cohort study of 153 243 player-weeks.
British journal of sports medicine · 2026
Impact of lowering the legal tackle height on tackle behaviour, match events, and suspected injury rates in adolescent female rugby union.
Journal of science and medicine in sport · 2026 · senior author
Getting the Most From Your Data: Using Statistical Process Controls for Data Quality Assurance in Sport Science Data.
Journal of strength and conditioning research · 2026 · first author
Latest funding
- $1,500,000
You-CAN (Youth Concussion Awareness Network) SHRed Concussions (Surveillance in High School and Community Sport to Reduce Concussions and their Consequences): Canadian Youth Informing Best Practice and Policy in the Prevention of Sport-related Concussions
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
9 publications.
Training-related concussions in men's English Premiership Rugby Union: an eight-season prospective cohort study of 153 243 player-weeks.
Hudson SJ, Williams S, Starling L, West S, Cross M, Henderson L, Jones B, Kemp S, Stokes K
Impact of lowering the legal tackle height on tackle behaviour, match events, and suspected injury rates in adolescent female rugby union.
Colbert L, Heyward O, Jones B, Shill IJ, Stodter A, Emery CA, Knight G, Roberts S, Stokes K, West S
Getting the Most From Your Data: Using Statistical Process Controls for Data Quality Assurance in Sport Science Data.
West S, Ward P, Plisky P, Beiting J, Martin C, Losciale JM, Stitzel J, Marshall S, Butler R, Morrison S, Bullock G
Training-Load Management Ambiguities and Weak Logic: Creating Potential Consequences in Sport Training and Performance.
West S, Shrier I, Impellizzeri FM, Clubb J, Ward P, Bullock G
Are recommended tackle techniques associated with superior performance outcomes? A retrospective video analysis study of elite women's rugby union.
Dane K, West S, Simms C, Sharief H, van Dyk N, Connors W, Ventresque A, Wilson F
Symptom presentation and evolution in the first 48 hours after injury are associated with return to play after concussion in elite Rugby Union.
Tucker R, Cross M, Stokes K, Starling L, Hyman R, Kemp S, West S, Raftery M, Falvey E, Brown J
High Sport Specialization Is Associated With More Musculoskeletal Injuries in Canadian High School Students.
Whatman C, van den Berg C, Black AM, West S, Hagel B, Eliason P, Emery C
Prolonged restricted training, fixture congestion and player rotation: What the COVID-19 pandemic taught us about injury risk in professional collision sport.
Starling LT, McKay C, Cross M, Kemp S, West S, Stokes KA
Injuries in Elite Men's Rugby Union: An Updated (2012-2020) Meta-Analysis of 11,620 Match and Training Injuries.
Williams S, Robertson C, Starling L, McKay C, West S, Brown J, Stokes K
You-CAN (Youth Concussion Awareness Network) SHRed Concussions (Surveillance in High School and Community Sport to Reduce Concussions and their Consequences): Canadian Youth Informing Best Practice and Policy in the Prevention of Sport-related Concussions
Principal investigators: Emery, Carolyn A; Fuselli, Pamela A; Paulgaard, Julia R; Babul, Shelina; Belton, Kathy L; Macpherson, Alison; Mchugh, Tara-Leigh; Moore, Sarah A; Ramsay, Scott; Reed, Nicholas; Russell, Kelly F; Schneider, Kathryn J
Keywords: Concussion; Epidemiology; Injury; Mixed-Methods; Peer-Support; Prevention; Risk Factors; Sport; Surveillance; Youth
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Carolyn Emery and Brent Hagel: 5 shared papers
- Ian Shrier and Carolyn Emery: 1 shared paper
- Ian Shrier and Stephen West: 1 shared paper
- Carolyn Emery and Stephen West: 1 shared paper
- Brent Hagel and Stephen West: 1 shared paper
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Integrative concussion research program
- Department of Pediatrics
- Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre
- Family Medicine
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