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Lower-Limb Injury In Elite Australian Football: A Narrative Review Of Kinanthropometric And Physical Risk Factors, Callum J. Mccaskie, Marc Sim, Robert U. Newton, Nicolas H. Hart
Lower-Limb Injury In Elite Australian Football: A Narrative Review Of Kinanthropometric And Physical Risk Factors, Callum J. Mccaskie, Marc Sim, Robert U. Newton, Nicolas H. Hart
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
Objective
This review aims to provide a succinct and critical analysis of the current physical and mechanical demands of elite Australian football while examining lower-limb injury and the associated physical and kinanthropometric risk factors.
Methods
MEDLINE, PubMed, Web of Science and SPORTSDiscus electronic databases were searched for studies that investigated the playing demands, injury trends, and physical and kinanthropometric injury risk factors of elite Australian football. Articles from similar team sports including soccer and rugby (union and league) were also included.
Results
While the physical demands of elite AF have steadied over the past decade, injury rates continue to rise …