Two Sports, Two Systems, One Goal: A Comparative Study of Concussion Policies and Practices of the Australian Football League and Hockey Canada by Annette Greenhow, Alison Doherty

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Pre-season body composition has minimal influence on in-season match availability, and match performance in female Australian Football League (AFLW) players by Callum J. McCaskie, Callum J. McCaskie, Marc Sim, Marc Sim, Robert U. Newton, Robert U. Newton, Jarryd Heasman, Brent Rogalski, Nicolas H. Hart, Nicolas H. Hart, Nicolas H. Hart, Nicolas H. Hart

“…This study examined the relationship between pre-season body composition, in-season match performance, and match availability in female players competing in the Australian Football League Women's (AFLW) competition. With the outlawing of body composition assessments as part of pre-draft player evaluations in the AFLW, this study seeks to examine whether this is justified. …”
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A case study: the AFL as a positive institution by Densten Iain

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A gender-sensitised weight-loss and healthy living program for men with overweight and obesity in Australian Football League settings (Aussie-FIT): A pilot randomised controlled trial. by Dominika Kwasnicka, Nikos Ntoumanis, Kate Hunt, Cindy M Gray, Robert U Newton, Daniel F Gucciardi, Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani, Jenny L Olson, Joanne McVeigh, Deborah A Kerr, Sally Wyke, Philip J Morgan, Suzanne Robinson, Marshall Makate, Eleanor Quested

“…The primary objective of this pilot study was to test the feasibility of delivering and to evaluate preliminary efficacy of Aussie-FIT, a weight-loss program for men with overweight/obesity delivered in Australian Football League (AFL) settings, in preparation for a future definitive trial.…”
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Association of Genetic Variances in <i>ADRB1</i> and <i>PPARGC1a</i> with Two-Kilometre Running Time-Trial Performance in Australian Football League Players: A Preliminary Study by Ysabel Jacob, Ryan S. Anderton, Jodie L. Cochrane Wilkie, Brent Rogalski, Simon M. Laws, Anthony Jones, Tania Spiteri, Nicolas H. Hart

“…This study assessed the influence of polymorphisms in these candidate genes towards endurance test performance in 46 players from a single Australian Football League (AFL) team. Each player provided saliva buccal swab samples for DNA analysis and genotyping and were required to perform two independent two-kilometre running time-trials, six weeks apart. …”
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Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in a former Australian rules football player diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease by Alan J. Pearce, Joanne Sy, Maggie Lee, Antony Harding, Rowena Mobbs, Jennifer Batchelor, Catherine M. Suter, Michael E. Buckland

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Comparing subjective and objective evaluations of player performance in Australian Rules football. by Sam McIntosh, Stephanie Kovalchik, Sam Robertson

“…Inside Football Player Ratings (IFPR) and Australian Football League Player Ratings were collected as subjective and objective evaluations of player performance, respectively, for each player during all 1026 matches throughout the 2013-2017 Australian Football League seasons. …”
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Neurodiversity in elite sport: a systematic scoping review by Michael Berk, Kate Hall, Catherine Willmott, Erin Hoare, Lisa Olive, Emma Steer, Jonathan Reyes

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A League-Wide Evaluation of Factors Influencing Match Activity Profile in Elite Australian Football by Alireza Esmaeili, Alireza Esmaeili, Patrick Clifton, Robert J. Aughey

“…Introduction: Accurate interpretation of activity profile data requires an understanding of the variables influencing player movement during matches.Methods: Over 65,000 stints (player rotations) from all 207 matches of the 2018 Australian Football League (AFL) season were evaluated. The relative activity profile including total distance per minute (TD), high-speed running distance per minute (HSR) and Player LoadTM per minute (PL) was determined for each stint and analysed against a range of match-related, player-related and environment-related predictor variables using multivariate linear mixed modelling. …”
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Creating Prep to Play PRO for women playing elite Australian football: A how-to guide for developing injury-prevention programs by Andrea M. Bruder, Alex Donaldson, Andrea B. Mosler, Brooke E. Patterson, Melissa Haberfield, Benjamin F. Mentiplay, Patrick Clifton, Nicole D. Livingstone, OAM, Kay M. Crossley

“…Women playing in the elite Australian Football League for Women are at high risk of serious knee injuries, and no specific injury-prevention program exists. …”
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A pilot case crossover study of the use of padded headgear in junior Australian football by Catherine Willmott, Jonathan Reyes, Jack VK Nguyen, Andrew McIntosh, Jennifer Makovec-Knight, Michael Makdissi, Patrick Clifton, Peter Harcourt, Biswadev Mitra

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Injury prevention for women and girls playing Australian Football: programme cocreation, dissemination and early adopter coach feedback by Christian J Barton, Kay M Crossley, Brooke E Patterson, Sallie M Cowan, Alex Donaldson, Andrea M Bruder, Andrea B Mosler, Melissa J Haberfield, Nicole Livingstone, Julia Lawrence, David Rath

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Characterising lower-body musculoskeletal morphology and whole-body composition of elite female and male Australian Football players by Callum J. McCaskie, Marc Sim, Robert U. Newton, Jarryd Heasman, Brent Rogalski, Nicolas H. Hart

“…To improve understanding of contributing physical factors to these differences, the purpose of this study was to investigate lower-body morphology and whole-body composition of elite footballers competing in the Australian Football League (AFL) and Australian Football League Women’s (AFLW). …”
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Comparison of injury incidences between football teams playing in different climatic regions by Orchard JW, Wald&amp;eacute;n M, H&amp;auml;gglund M, Orchard JJ, Chivers I, Seward H, Ekstr, J

“…John W Orchard,1 Markus Wald&eacute;n,2 Martin H&auml;gglund,3 Jessica J Orchard,1 Ian Chivers,4 Hugh Seward,5 Jan Ekstrand21School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; 2Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Community Medicine, Link&ouml;ping University, Link&ouml;ping, Sweden; 3Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Physiotherapy, Link&ouml;ping University, Link&ouml;ping, Sweden; 4Native Seeds, Cheltenham, VIC, Australia; 5Australian Football League Medical Officers Association, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaAbstract: Australian Football League (AFL) teams in northern (warmer) areas generally have higher rates of injury than those in southern (cooler) areas. …”
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Examining the Eye Movement Behaviors Associated With Skilled Decision-Making by Elite Australian Rules Football Players by Lael Kassem, Lael Kassem, Clare MacMahon, John Quinn, John Quinn, Sera Dogramaci, Bonnie Pang, Bonnie Pang, Kylie A. Steel, Kylie A. Steel

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An Evidence-Informed Framework to Promote Mental Wellbeing in Elite Sport by Rosemary Purcell, Rosemary Purcell, Vita Pilkington, Vita Pilkington, Serena Carberry, David Reid, Kate Gwyther, Kate Gwyther, Kate Hall, Kate Hall, Adam Deacon, Ranjit Manon, Ranjit Manon, Courtney C. Walton, Courtney C. Walton, Simon Rice, Simon Rice, Simon Rice

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Performative Pedagogy and the Creation of Desire: The Indigenous Athlete/Role Model and Implications for Learning by Stella Coram

“…This holds for the major sporting codes in Australia including the Australian Football League (AFL), which supports the formation of role model programmes based on the input of Indigenous athletes to target Indigenous youth living in rural outposts. …”
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Prediction markets : theory and applications / by Vaughan Williams, Leighton

Sports' Global Anti-Doping Regulatory Regime: The Challenges and Tensions of Polycentricity and Hybridity by Eric L Windholz

“…That case considered the legality and propriety of the Australian Football League collaborating with the state’s anti-doping regulatory authority to investigate alleged anti-doping rule violations in breach of the World Anti-Doping Code. …”
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Team numerical advantage in Australian rules football: A missing piece of the scoring puzzle? by Jeremy P Alexander, Timothy Bedin, Karl B Jackson, Sam Robertson

“…Spatiotemporal player tracking data and play-by-play event data from professional players and teams were collected from the 2019 Australian Football League season played at a single stadium. …”
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