Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Australian Collaboration for Research into Injury in Sport and Its Prevention, Federation University Australia, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
Sports Health. 2018 May/Jun;10(3):208-216. doi: 10.1177/1941738117726070. Epub 2017 Aug 21.
The nature of Australian rules football (Australian football) predisposes both unique and common injuries compared with those sustained in other football codes. The game involves a combination of tackling, kicking, high-speed running (more than other football codes), and jumping. Two decades of injury surveillance has identified common injuries at the professional level (Australian Football League [AFL]).
To provide an overview of injuries in Australian rules football, including injury rates, patterns, and mechanisms across all levels of play.
A narrative review of AFL injuries, football injury epidemiology, and biomechanical and physiological attributes of relevant injuries.
The overall injury incidence in the 2015 season was 41.7 injuries per club per season, with a prevalence of 156.2 missed games per club per season. Lower limb injuries are most prevalent, with hamstring strains accounting for 19.1 missed games per club per season. Hamstring strains relate to the volume of high-speed running required in addition to at times having to collect the ball while running in a position of hip flexion and knee extension. Anterior cruciate ligament injuries are also prevalent and can result from contact and noncontact incidents. In the upper limb, shoulder sprains and dislocations account for 11.5 missed games per club per season and largely resulted from tackling and contact. Concussion is less common in AFL than other tackling sports but remains an important injury, which has notably become more prevalent in recent years, theorized to be due to a more conservative approach to management. Although there are less injury surveillance data for non-AFL players (women, community-level, children), many of these injuries appear to also be common across all levels of play.
An understanding of injury profiles and mechanisms in Australian football is crucial in identifying methods to reduce injury risk and prepare players for the demands of the game.
与其他足球规则相比，澳大利亚式足球（澳式足球）的性质使其更容易出现独特和常见的损伤。该运动包括擒抱、踢球、高速奔跑（比其他足球规则更多）和跳跃。二十年来的伤病监测已经确定了职业水平（澳式足球联盟 [AFL]）的常见伤病。
提供澳式足球伤病的概述，包括各级比赛中的伤病发生率、模式和机制。
对 AFL 伤病、足球伤病流行病学以及相关伤病的生物力学和生理学特征进行叙述性综述。
2015 赛季的总体伤病发生率为每个俱乐部每个赛季 41.7 例，每个俱乐部每个赛季有 156.2 例错过比赛。下肢损伤最为常见，其中腘绳肌拉伤导致每个俱乐部每个赛季错过 19.1 场比赛。腘绳肌拉伤与高速奔跑的量有关，有时还需要在髋关节弯曲和膝关节伸展的位置跑动时接球。前交叉韧带损伤也很常见，可由接触和非接触事件引起。在上肢，肩部扭伤和脱位导致每个俱乐部每个赛季错过 11.5 场比赛，主要是由于擒抱和接触造成的。脑震荡在 AFL 中比其他擒抱运动少见，但仍是一种重要的伤病，近年来明显更为普遍，据推测这是由于管理上更为保守。尽管非 AFL 球员（女性、社区级、儿童）的伤病监测数据较少，但这些伤病似乎在各级比赛中都很常见。
了解澳式足球的伤病情况和机制对于确定降低伤病风险和使球员为比赛要求做好准备的方法至关重要。
