AFL clubs remain free to train without contract restrictions as the league keeps a watchful eye on injuries during a ...
While some risk of head impacts is an inherent feature of contact sports, the AFL is committed to mitigating that risk across the game. A range of concussion-related initiatives are in development for ...
The AFL has brought in several rule changes and initiatives over the years to combat the risk of head injuries, including introducing concussion protocol and strict penalties for making contact ...
Eddie McGuire has revealed that the AFL is on the edge of releasing a seven-point concussion plan that will change the way head trauma is viewed and attacked in the game. Three AFL players have ...
A CONCUSSION substitute is expected to be introduced for the start of the 2013 season as the AFL attempts to curb the potentially dangerous effects of head-knocks. While the League is yet to reveal ...
In an extensive interview with SEN Breakfast, McCartin said the AFL had done an excellent job in improving concussion protocol ... ‘Oh well if you get hit in the head, just get up and keep ...
Watch every match of the Marsh Community Series AFL pre ... AAP Concussion was put back on the agenda last week after CTE – a neurodegenerative disease caused by repeated head trauma – was ...
Nathan Murphy is back at Collingwood training, this time as an assistant coach, after being forced into medical retirement ...
The trial allows club doctors to watch vision of a head knock from a range of camera angles on ... ask club officials on the bench or in the coach's box to provide it. The AFL's concussion protocols ...
Background The use of video to assist professional sporting bodies with the diagnosis of sport-related concussion (SRC ... including the Australian Football League (AFL), Cricket Australia (CA), Major ...
She is a member of the AFL Concussion Scientific Committee (unpaid position) and Brain Canada (unpaid positions). She works as a physiotherapy consultant and treats athletes of all levels of sport ...