The effect of anthropometrics and maturity status on youth rugby head impact biomechanics

Kevin Mangan, Stefan Henley, Nicole Spriggs, Michael J Hamlin, Natalia Kabaliuk, Danyon Stitt, George Stilwell, Annette G Heward-Swale, Congyu Xu, Rich SW Masters, Tim Anderson, Tracy R Melzer, Arindam Basu, Stacey Niao, Deborah Snell, Adrian Clark, Sinéad Moylett, Blair Johnstone, Keith Alexander, Nick Draper

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2026.113403
Published: 2026-08
Container: Journal of Biomechanics
Publisher: Elsevier BV
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@article{allodium:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2026.113403,
  title = {The effect of anthropometrics and maturity status on youth rugby head impact biomechanics},
  author = {Kevin Mangan and Stefan Henley and Nicole Spriggs and Michael J Hamlin and Natalia Kabaliuk and Danyon Stitt and George Stilwell and Annette G Heward-Swale and Congyu Xu and Rich SW Masters and Tim Anderson and Tracy R Melzer and Arindam Basu and Stacey Niao and Deborah Snell and Adrian Clark and Sinéad Moylett and Blair Johnstone and Keith Alexander and Nick Draper},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Journal of Biomechanics},
  doi = {10.1016/j.jbiomech.2026.113403},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2026.113403}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - The effect of anthropometrics and maturity status on youth rugby head impact biomechanics
AU  - Kevin Mangan
AU  - Stefan Henley
AU  - Nicole Spriggs
AU  - Michael J Hamlin
AU  - Natalia Kabaliuk
AU  - Danyon Stitt
AU  - George Stilwell
AU  - Annette G Heward-Swale
AU  - Congyu Xu
AU  - Rich SW Masters
AU  - Tim Anderson
AU  - Tracy R Melzer
AU  - Arindam Basu
AU  - Stacey Niao
AU  - Deborah Snell
AU  - Adrian Clark
AU  - Sinéad Moylett
AU  - Blair Johnstone
AU  - Keith Alexander
AU  - Nick Draper
PY  - 2026
JO  - Journal of Biomechanics
DO  - 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2026.113403
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2026.113403
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Mangan, K., Henley, S., Spriggs, N., Hamlin, M. J., Kabaliuk, N., Stitt, D., Stilwell, G., Heward-Swale, A. G., Xu, C., Masters, R. S., Anderson, T., Melzer, T. R., Basu, A., Niao, S., Snell, D., Clark, A., Moylett, S., Johnstone, B., Alexander, K., & Draper, N. (2026). The effect of anthropometrics and maturity status on youth rugby head impact biomechanics. Journal of Biomechanics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2026.113403

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