ReviewOpen access journal of sports medicine2021
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Australian Rules Football: Incidence, Prevention and Return to Play Outcomes.
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- The Role of Psychosocial Factors in Returning to Physical Activity and Sport Among Female Football Players After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: A Scoping Review.Sports medicine - open · 2026Pooled it
- The majority of elite and professional athletes return to the preinjury level of activity after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2026Pooled it
- Injury Prevention Programmes Fail to Change Most Lower Limb Kinematics and Kinetics in Female Team Field and Court Sports: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Pooled it
- Can Field-Based Screening Predict ACL Injury Risk in Women Footballers? External Validation of a Prediction Model.Sports health · 2026Article
- The Impact of a Concomitant Meniscus Surgery on Hop Performance Symmetry in Patients Rehabilitating After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2025Article
- Familial Predisposition to Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury in Australian Rules Footballers.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2024Article
- Team Approach: Neuromuscular Training for Primary and Secondary Prevention of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury.JBJS reviews · 2024Review
- Injury prevention for women and girls playing Australian Football: programme cocreation, dissemination and early adopter coach feedback.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2024Article
- Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) modulates quadriceps motor cortex inhibition and facilitation during rehabilitation following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction: a triple-blind, randomised controlled proof of concept trial.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2024Article
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- Creating Prep to Play PRO for women playing elite Australian football: A how-to guide for developing injury-prevention programs.Journal of sport and health science · 2023Article
- Return to sports after ACL injury 5 years from now: 10 things we must do.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2022Review
- Rates and Determinants of Returning to Australian Rules Football in Male Nonprofessional Athletes After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2022Article
- Think outside the box: Incorporating secondary cognitive tasks into return to sport testing after ACL reconstruction.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Review
- Rehabilitation and Return to Sport Testing After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Where Are We in 2022?Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Through the athlete lens: A novel study exploring the perspectives and experiences of injury prevention practices in women playing elite Australian Football.Brazilian journal of physical therapyArticle
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Australian Rules football is the most popular of the various codes of football played in Australia. During the game players perform frequent landing, cutting and pivoting manoeuvres that expose them to substantial risk for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. Recent years have seen the introduction of a professional women's league that has resulted in an exponential growth in the participation of women and girls in this sport. Unfortunately, there is a corresponding growth in ACL injury rates in female players. This review summarizes the incidence of ACL injury in both men's and women's Australian Rules football and reviews potential causative factors and risk reduction strategies. The final section takes an in depth look at return to sport outcomes after ACL reconstruction surgery in these populations. Whilst an ACL injury does not mean the end of a player's career in Australian football, it certainly presents a significant challenge in terms of return to preinjury levels of form and high rates of secondary and tertiary ACL injury are also a significant concern.
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