A blood test that accurately detects the ongoing effects of sport-related concussion has the potential to help pinpoint when a player can safely return.
Australia’s professional sports players aren’t covered by the same injury rules as other workers – unlike in New Zealand.
Although a great deal of research is still required, it may one day be possible to identify and treat people suffering from CTE, or at risk of it.
A Monash research team studying head impacts at the elite level of Australian football says it's too soon to make a direct link between concussion in the sport and brain problems later in life.
It’s hard to fathom the long-term financial and social impacts that the COVID-19 crisis has wrought on the national AFL competition.
The nature of Aussie rules means players risk injuries to their hands and wrists serious enough to send them to the emergency department.
A world-first neurological study has found that many athletes are returning to play too soon after suffering concussion.
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