Injuries in Australian Rules Football: An Overview of Injury Rates, Patterns, and Mechanisms Across All Levels of Play

Saw, Richard; Finch, Caroline F.; Samra, David; Baquie, P; Cardoso, Tanusha B.; Hope, Danielle; Orchard, John

doi:10.1177/1941738117726070

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“…Muscle strains in the lower extremity are the most common injuries in athletes. 1,5,7,8,9,13 The high incidence of hamstring strains has been reported in previous studies. 5,13 Hamstring strains are also recognized as a cause of disability in many sports.…”

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“…1,5,7,8,9,13 The high incidence of hamstring strains has been reported in previous studies. 5,13 Hamstring strains are also recognized as a cause of disability in many sports. 1 Dick et al 6 reported that according to 16 years of data from the US NCAA Injury Surveillance Program, upper leg injuries accounted for 12% of all reported game time-loss injuries in collegiate baseball.…”

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Muscle Strains in the Lower Extremity of Japanese Professional Baseball Players

Kokubu

Mifune

Kanzaki

et al. 2020

Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine

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Background: Predicting when athletes can return to play after muscle strains is not always simple because of difficulties in evaluating the severity of such injuries. Purpose/Hypothesis: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to classify lower extremity muscle strains in Japanese professional baseball players. The hypothesis was that MRI grading can be used to diagnose the severity of muscle strains in the lower extremity and predict return to play in athletes. Study Design: Case series; Level of evidence, 4. Methods: A total of 55 muscle strains occurred in the lower extremity of players on a professional baseball team between the 2006 and 2015 seasons; all players had undergone MRI examination. Age, player position, location of injury, cause of injury, and duration until return to play (in days) were extracted from the medical records. MRI scans were classified using the following system: grade 0, no abnormal findings; grade 1a, T2-weighted high intensity only between muscles; grade 1b, T2-weighted high intensity between muscles and in muscle belly; grade 2, injury of musculotendinous junction; and grade 3, rupture of tendon insertion. Results: The sites of injuries were distributed as follows: hamstrings (n = 33), quadriceps (n = 6), hip adductors (n = 6), and calves (n = 10). MRI findings revealed 9 muscle strains (16%), 19 grade 1a (34%), 19 grade 1b (34%), and 8 grade 2 muscle strains (16%). The length of time until return to training and competition, respectively, was 15 and 26 days for grade 1a injuries, 19 and 36 days for grade 1b injuries, and 55 and 69 days for grade 2 injuries. Conclusion: Players with grade 1 injuries took 4 to 5 weeks to return to play, whereas players with grade 2 injuries took 10 weeks to return. MRI can be useful for diagnosing lower extremity muscle strains and predicting the time to return to play.

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Muscle Strains in the Lower Extremity of Japanese Professional Baseball Players

Kokubu

Mifune

Kanzaki

et al. 2020

Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine

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“…Furthermore, it has been shown that high levels of finger strength can differentiate elite climbers from their nonelite counterparts. 31 Static trunk strength, upper limb strength, and power are moderately associated with elite 6 Specific hamstring exercises (eg, moderate-weight resistive bands, leg curl machines, and double-leg stiff leg lifting in a pain protected range of motion) [6][7][8][9] Begin regional upper-quadrant sports-specific muscle conditioning, including finger strengthening 10 Phase 2: Low velocity strengthening Low velocity concentric full range of motion hamstring-specific exercises with increasing resistive load using machines and free weights (eg, heavy elastic bands, knee curl machines, [6][7][8][9] and deadlifts 7 ) Phase 3: High load strengthening and functional reconditioning…”

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Acute Hamstring Muscle Tears in Climbers—Current Rehabilitation Concepts

Ehiogu

Stephens

Jones

et al. 2020

Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

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Acute hamstring injuries are often caused by the heel hook technique. This technique is unique to climbing and causes injury to muscular and inert tissues of the posterior thigh. The heel hook is used by climbers during strenuous ascent on overhanging walls and when crossing difficult terrain. The technique reduces the amount of upper body strength required during strenuous climbing because the climber's center of mass is retained within the base of support. The heel hook is stressful collectively for the hamstring muscle group and musculotendinous junction. Depending on injury severity, both conservative and surgical methods exist for the management of hamstring injuries. Contemporary approaches to rehabilitation primarily advocate the use of eccentric muscle strengthening strategies because of high rates of elongation stress associated with sprinting and team sports. However, there is reason to doubt whether this alone is sufficient to rehabilitate the climbing athlete in light of the high degree of concentric muscle strength required in the heel hook maneuver. This review examines the contemporary rehabilitation and strength and conditioning literature in relation to the management of acute hamstring musculotendinous injuries for the climbing athlete. The review provides a comprehensive approach for the rehabilitation and athletic preparation of the climbing athlete from the initial injury to full return to sports participation.

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“…The injury burden varied from 116.3 to 157.1 missed matches due to injury per club per season and hamstring strains were the most common (mean incidence: 6 injuries per club per season) and burdensome injury (mean burden: 20 missed matches per club per season). 2 The risk of injuries in ARF appears to be increasing with a more recent report 4 indicating an overall injury incidence of 41.7 injuries per standardized club in the 2015 season. Additionally, hamstring injuries remain a substantial problem and were responsible for 19.1 missed games per club in the 2015 season.…”

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“…Additionally, hamstring injuries remain a substantial problem and were responsible for 19.1 missed games per club in the 2015 season. 4 In an attempt to mitigate these high levels of injury in ARF, the Translating Research into Injury Prevention Practice (TRIPP) Model has been promoted as a methodological framework for injury prevention research. 5 In this model, identifying risk factors and mechanisms for common injuries has been promoted as an important focus of injury prevention research in populations where injury prevalence is known.…”

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Combining physical performance and Functional Movement Screen testing to identify elite junior Australian Football athletes at risk of injury

Jones

Fuller

Chalmers

et al. 2020

Scandinavian Med Sci Sports

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The Functional Movement Screen (FMS) and physical performance testing are often suggested to be related to sports injury risk. This study explored if the combination of FMS and physical performance testing improved identification of non‐contact injury risk over FMS testing alone in an elite junior Australian football cohort. Over a 3‐year period, 573 players completed pre‐season injury history questionnaires, FMS, physical performance testing (20‐m sprint, vertical jump, planned agility testing, and shuttle run test), and subsequent in‐season injury surveillance. Results: Neither previous injury or FMS score <14 were related to an increased risk of subsequent injury in isolation. The combination of FMS composite score ≤14 and previous injury moderately increased the risk of injury (Hazard ratio [HR] = 2.22 [1.09‐4.54]). None of the physical performance measures improved the ability to predict injuries based on FMS composite score. FMS asymmetry was only associated with injury when combined with previous injury and vertical jump performance. Players with ≥1 FMS asymmetry and history of previous injury experienced a large increase in injury risk when vertical jump was poor (HR = 4.26 [1.35‐13.42]) or good (HR = 3.17 [1.08‐9.29]). Players with a combination of a good vertical jump, no previous injury, and no FMS asymmetries were also at moderately increased risk of injury (HR = 3.41 [1.11‐10.42]). No physical performance tests improved the ability to identify non‐contact injury risk using an FMS composite score threshold. However, a U‐shaped relationship between vertical jump and injury risk was identified with both poor and good vertical jump height associated with a moderate‐large increase in non‐contact injury risk in the presence of ≥1 asymmetrical FMS sub‐test.

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Injuries in Australian Rules Football: An Overview of Injury Rates, Patterns, and Mechanisms Across All Levels of Play

Cited by 64 publications

References 60 publications

Muscle Strains in the Lower Extremity of Japanese Professional Baseball Players

Muscle Strains in the Lower Extremity of Japanese Professional Baseball Players

Acute Hamstring Muscle Tears in Climbers—Current Rehabilitation Concepts

Combining physical performance and Functional Movement Screen testing to identify elite junior Australian Football athletes at risk of injury

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