The Australian Football League (AFL) conducts the world's longest running publicly-released injury survey in professional sport. Click to read any of the past injury reports:
AFL 2006 injury report and the 2006 Scientific version, plus comments about the 2006 injury report.
AFL 2005 injury report and the 2005 Scientific version
AFL 2004 injury report
AFL 2003 injury report plus Read Dr Peter Brukner's view from The Age and Listen to the press release of the report at the AFL .
AFL 2002 injury report
AFL 2001 injury report
AFL 2000 injury report
AFL 1999 injury report
AFL 1998 injury report
AFL 1997 injury report
AFL 1996 injury report
AFL 1995 injury report
AFL 1994 injury report
Intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors for ACL injuries in the AFL (Am J Sports Med .pdf)
Intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors for muscle strains in the AFL (Am J Sports Med .pdf)
Epidemiology of injuries in the AFL 1997-2000 (Br J Sports Med .pdf)
Groin pain associated with ultrasound diagnosis of inguinal canal posterior wall deficiency (Br J Sports Med .pdf)
Who owns the information (Br J Sports Med editorial .pdf)
The use of local anaesthetic in sport (Br J Sports Med editorial .pdf)
The risk and benefits of using local anaesthetic in sport (Br J Sports Med .pdf)
The trade-off between early return and risk of recurrence for muscle strains (Clin J Sports Med editorial .pdf)
Epidemiology of Lower Limb injuries in the AFL - PhD thesis (large 3MB .pdf file)
Prevention of hamstring injuries (editorial comment .pdf)
Recurrence rate of hamstring injuries (.pdf conference poster)
The AFL Penetrometer study - work in progress (J Sci Med Sport .pdf)
An understanding of the risk factors for soft tissue injury - a Malcolm Blight legacy? (J Sci Med Sport editorial .pdf)
Muscle activity in the drop punt kick (.pdf)
The use of the Penetrometer to measure hardness on football grounds (poster .pdf)
Quadriceps strains in Australian football (lay summary .pdf)
Quadriceps strains in Australian football (full report .pdf)
Quadriceps strains in Australian football (Appendix 1 .pdf)
Quadriceps strains in Australian football (Appendix 2 .pdf - big file 3.7MB)
Quadriceps strains in Australian football (Appendix 3&4 .pdf)
Quadriceps strains videos (part 1 WinZip file)
Quadriceps strains videos (part 2 WinZip file)
The management of scaphoid fractures (poster .pdf)
How much medical care does a professional football team need?, Dr J., Sport Health 2006 Winter 24(2):5-7, (.pdf)
