Normal Variability of Weekly Musculoskeletal Screening Scores and the Influence of Training Load across an Australian Football League Season by Alireza Esmaeili, Alireza Esmaeili, Andrew M. Stewart, William G. Hopkins, William G. Hopkins, George P. Elias, Brendan H. Lazarus, Brendan H. Lazarus, Amber E. Rowell, Amber E. Rowell, Robert J. Aughey

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Low back pain status in elite and semi-elite Australian football codes: a cross-sectional survey of football (soccer), Australian-Rules, rugby league, rugby union and non-athletic controls by McHardy Andrew, Garbutt Peter, Odell Andrew, Daff Chris, Pollard Henry, Hoskins Wayne, Hardy Kate, Dragasevic George

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Low back pain status in elite and semi-elite Australian football codes: a cross-sectional survey of football (soccer), Australian rules, rugby league, rugby union and non-athletic controls by McHardy Andrew, Garbutt Peter, Odell Andrew, Daff Chris, Pollard Henry, Hoskins Wayne, Hardy Kate, Dragasevic George

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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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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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Learning as Transformation in the Development of Expertise by Elite Indigenous Australian Athletes by Richard L. Light, John R. Evans

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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. …”
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A case study: the AFL as a positive institution by Densten Iain

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Quantifying congestion with player tracking data in Australian football. by Jeremy P Alexander, Karl B Jackson, Timothy Bedin, Matthew A Gloster, Sam Robertson

“…Both approaches were developed using data from the 2019 and 2021 Australian Football League (AFL) regular seasons, considering contextual variables, such as field position and quarter. …”
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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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Comparing subjective and objective evaluations of player performance in Australian Rules football. by Sam McIntosh, Stephanie Kovalchik, Sam Robertson

“…A secondary aim was to compare subjective and objective ratings of player performance. 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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Physical and technical demands of Australian football: an analysis of maximum ball in play periods by Christopher Wing, Nicolas H. Hart, Fadi Ma’ayah, Kazunori Nosaka

“…Abstract Background This study compares ball in play (BiP) analyses and both whole game (WG) and quarter averaged data for physical and technical demands of sub-elite Australian football (AF) players competing in the West Australian Football League across playing positions. …”
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Retrospective Respect for Education - Male Australian Footballers retrospectively appreciate education post-matriculation by Ashnil Chandra Murray, Michael Grimley, Dipu Sebastian

“…Material and Method: Four rugby league,four rugby union and four Australian Rules footballers underwent life history interviews and showed clear prioristation of sport during school. …”
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Retrospective Respect for Education - Male Australian Footballers retrospectively appreciate education post-matriculation by Ashnil Chandra Murray, Michael Grimley, Dipu Sebastian

“…Material and Method: Four rugby league,four rugby union and four Australian Rules footballers underwent life history interviews and showed clear prioristation of sport during school. …”
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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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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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Phases of Match-Play in Professional Australian Football: Positional Demands and Match-Related Fatigue by Michael J. Rennie, Stephen J. Kelly, Stephen Bush, Robert W. Spurrs, William B. Sheehan, Mark L. Watsford

“…This study examined the influence of player position and match quarter on activity profiles during the phases of play in Australian Football. Global positioning satellite data was collected for one season from an Australian Football League team for nomadic, key position and ruck players (age: 24.8 ± 4.2 years, body mass: 88.3 ± 8.7 kg, height: 1.88 ± 0.8 m). …”
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A Standardized Small Sided Game Can Be Used to Monitor Neuromuscular Fatigue in Professional A-League Football Players by Amber E. Rowell, Amber E. Rowell, Robert J. Aughey, Jo Clubb, Jo Clubb, Stuart J. Cormack

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Differences between Elite and Semi-Elite Australian Football Conceptualised through the Lens of Ecological Dynamics by Carl T. Woods, James Jarvis, Ian McKeown

“…Data was extracted from 22 Australian Football League (AFL) games, and 18 semi-elite AF games, with a total of six constraints being sampled from each game. …”
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