What is the Prevalence of General Anxiety Disorder and Depression Symptoms in Semi-elite Australian Football Players: A Cross-Sectional Study by Anthony Henderson, Sarah Ann Harris, Troy Kirkham, Jonathon Charlesworth, Myles Calder Murphy

“…A cross-sectional epidemiological study including 369 semi-elite Western Australian Football League (WAFL) players from the Men and Women’s 2022 season (n = 337 men, 91%) was conducted. …”
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Evaluation of an injury prevention programme (Prep-to-Play) in women and girls playing Australian Football: design of a pragmatic, type III, hybrid implementation-effectiveness, st...

“…Introduction Due to the increase in participation and risk of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries and concussion in women’s Australian Football, an injury prevention programme (Prep-to-Play) was codesigned with consumers (eg, coaches, players) and stakeholders (eg, the Australian Football League). The impact of supported and unsupported interventions on the use of Prep-to-Play (primary aim) and injury rates (secondary aim) will be evaluated in women and girls playing community Australian Football.Methods and analysis This stepped-wedge, cluster randomised controlled trial will include ≥140 teams from U16, U18 or senior women’s competitions. …”
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Comparison of a sports-hydration drink containing high amylose starch with usual hydration practice in Australian rules footballers during intense summer training by Sinead Mary O’Connell, Richard John Woodman, Ian Lewis Brown, David Julian Vincent, Henry Joseph Binder, Balakrishnan Siddartha Ramakrishna, Graeme Paul Young

“…This study therefore compared, in elite Australian Football League (AFL) players at the height of outdoor summer training, a novel dual-action sports oral rehydration strategy that contained HAMS as well as glucose, to their usual rehydration practices (Control). …”
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Naturalistic evaluation of a sport-themed mental health and wellbeing app aimed at men (MindMax), that incorporates applied video games and gamification by Vanessa Wan Sze Cheng, Tracey Davenport, Daniel Johnson, Kellie Vella, Jo Mitchell, Ian B. Hickie

“…To address this issue, we developed a smartphone app named MindMax, an Australian Football League (AFL)-themed app containing psychoeducational modules teaching strategies derived from positive psychology and acceptance and commitment therapy. …”
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Session Availability as a Result of Prior Injury Impacts the Risk of Subsequent Non-contact Lower Limb Injury in Elite Male Australian Footballers by Joshua D. Ruddy, Samuel Pietsch, Nirav Maniar, Stuart J. Cormack, Ryan G. Timmins, Morgan D. Williams, David L. Carey, David A. Opar

“…Data were collected from 62 male elite Australian footballers throughout the 2015, 2016, and 2017 Australian Football League seasons. Each athlete’s participation status (i.e., full or missed/modified) and any injuries that occurred during training sessions/matches were recorded. …”
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Hormonal Contraceptive Use in Football Codes in Australia by Anthea C. Clarke, Georgie Bruinvels, Georgie Bruinvels, Ross Julian, Ross Julian, Pip Inge, Charles R. Pedlar, Charles R. Pedlar, Charles R. Pedlar, Andrew D. Govus

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Scale-up of the Australian Fans in Training (Aussie-FIT) men’s health behaviour change program: a protocol for a randomised controlled hybrid effectiveness–implementation trial by Kate Hunt, Hui Jun Chih, Himanshu Gupta, Dominika Kwasnicka, Eleanor Quested, Bryce Brickley, Brendan J Smith, James A Smith, Toby Pavey, Andrew Maiorana, Deborah A Kerr, Joanne McVeigh, Joanna C Moullin, Graham Hillis, Matthew David McDonald, Tracy McCaffrey, Jason Bonson, Scarlett Holmes, Marshall Makate, Lee Wharton, Neil Wharton

“…Aussie-FIT involves 12 weekly face-to-face sessions including coach-led interactive education workshops and PA delivered in Australian Football League (Western Australia, Northern Territory) and rugby (Queensland) sports club settings. …”
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