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Tag: rugby

Foot Kinetics During Machine Scrummaging [study]

July 25, 2019 Martin Gardiner

Q. What is this man doing? A. He is strenuously tackling a ‘Scrummaging Machine’ developed at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Q. Why is he doing that? A. In order to assist with an experimental study into the effect of variations in the alignment of the feet on scrum kinetics during machine scrummaging. Q. […]

Research Newsfeet, machine, rugby, scrum, sport, tackle

Of Mice, Men and Scrumpox

November 5, 2018 Martin Gardiner

Herpes gladiatorum is caused by a highly infectious version of the human herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and is associated with high physical-impact sports – it frequently plagues rugby players (who know it as ‘Scrumpox’), along with Judo participants and Sumo Wrestlers. For details of the latter, a paper by Fumihiko Ban, Satoe Asano, Shigeru […]

Boys Will Be Boys, Research Newsherpes, Mice, mouse, rugby, sumo
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