Sharief Hendricks

University of Cape Town — South Africa

Medicine · Health Sciences

40h-index4.4kcitations237works2.12yr avg
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Research Topics

Sports injuries and prevention(160), Sports Performance and Training(94), Sport Psychology and Performance(53), Traumatic Brain Injury Research(40), Injury Epidemiology and Prevention(31)

Publications237 total

New rugby rules for South African kids aim to keep them safe: what does the research say?
2026
Wearing Regulation Soft‐Padded Headgear Does Not Reduce the Risk of Head Injuries in Professional Men's Rugby Players: An Observational Cohort Study
European Journal of Sport Science·2025Open Access
The Contact Conundrum: Are We Introducing Contact at the Correct Time in Youth Sports?
Sports Medicine·2025Open Access
The Effect of Changing Weekly Contact Training Duration Beyond Current Guidelines on Head Acceleration Events in Rugby Union
Sports Medicine·2025Open Access
Return to contact criteria and assessment methods following traumatic anterior glenohumeral joint dislocations in rugby union players: a Delphi consensus study
The Physician and Sportsmedicine·2025
Using markerless motion capture to <i>explore changes in</i> tackle kinematics and load-based tackling technique proficiency
Journal of Sports Sciences·2025
Ready or Not; A Narrative Synthesis of Sports Medicine Practitioners' Practices During Return to Play in the Management of Musculoskeletal Injuries
European Journal of Sport Science·2025Open Access
Tackle safety in rugby: what guidance exists? A qualitative document analysis of publicly available guidelines amongst national and international rugby organisations
Journal of science and medicine in sport·2025
Prevention strategies and modifiable risk factors for concussion: a systematic review and meta-analysis for the Female, woman and girl/or Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) consensus
British Journal of Sports Medicine·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Player-Level Tackle Training Interventions in Tackle-Collision Sports: A Systematic Scoping Review
Sports Medicine - Open·2025Open Access
Impacting the rugby tackle: risk factors and mechanisms for concussion and musculoskeletal tackle-related injury — a systematic review and Delphi consensus to inform intervention strategies for risk reduction
British Journal of Sports Medicine·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Decoding the Tackle: Using a Machine Learning Approach to Understand Direct Head Contact Events in Elite Women's Rugby
European Journal of Sport Science·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Reduced head-to-head contact rates in elite-level women’s rugby league following a season-long tackle technique coaching intervention
British Journal of Sports Medicine·2025
Falling and Landing Framework (FLF): A Consensus on a Novel Falling and Landing Video Analysis Framework for Use Across Rugby Codes
European Journal of Sport Science·2025Open Access
Tackle Height and Tackle Success—An Analysis of 52,204 Tackle Events
European Journal of Sport Science·2025Open Access
‘We're All (Cauliflower) Ears’: A Delphi Study Including Staff and Players to Co‐Construct Sports Science and Medicine (Performance and Wellbeing) Research Priorities for Premiership Rugby
European Journal of Sport Science·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Tackle characteristics and suspected concussion: recommendations to improve high school girls’ rugby tackle safety
BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine·2025Open Access
Challenge Accepted: A Systematic Scoping Review of the Applications of the Challenge Point Framework
Journal of Motor Behavior·2025· 3 cited
Concussion Risk and the Need for Prevention: An Exploration into the Complexity of Community Perspectives in Rugby Union
Sports Medicine·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
The ‘Where, What, How and Who’ of Head Accelerations in Rugby Union. Head Acceleration Events From Men's and Women's Northern and Southern Hemisphere Competitions
European Journal of Sport Science·2025Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Mike Lambert(21), Ben Jones(15), James Brown(12), Clint Readhead(10), Nicholas Burger(9), Wayne Viljoen(9), Kevin Till(8), Steve den Hollander(6), Keith Stokes(4), Evert Verhagen(3), Jesse Roth(3), Dan Weaving(3), B. L. Pimstone(3), Sarah Mc Fie(3), Joshua Darrall‐Jones(3), Gregory Roe(3), Demi Davidow(3), Nash Anderson(2), Daniel L. Belavý(2), Gregory Tierney(2)