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AFL Injuries
AFL Injury Rates
Australian Rules Football is known for its high level of physical body
contact. These high impact collisions can occur from any direction. Players typically
wear no protective padding of any kind except for a mouth guard. As such, impact
injury rates tend to be high.
Soft tissue injuries are the most frequent, including injuries to the
quadriceps and calf muscles.
Full contact play with the potential to be tackled or bumped from any angle
means that the risk of a knee being twisted or caught on a dangerous angle is
high. Injuries to the knee, ankle and shoulder joints are common.
Knee reconstructions (especially ACL) are among the season or career
threatening injuries.
Osteitis pubis is a common overuse injury that causes groin pain and
particularly affects Australian rules footballers.
While many players choose not to wear protective padding, players do
occasionally suffer head injury resulting in loss of consciousness. Luckily, spinal injuries are extremely uncommon and
comparatively much lower than in the rugby codes.
The high levels of injuries that take place during games of football are so
much that not only during a players' career are they susceptible to injuries,
but the effects afterwards are detrimental to their health. In a study
conducted recently of 413 retired VFL/AFL footballers, common problems amongst
the group in old age included arthritis and often resulted in joint replacement
surgery.
Every year the AFL monitors injury rates and attempts to modify the rules in
the best interest of player welfare.
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