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Sports injury
The Western Australian sports injury study
1 Institute for International Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
2 NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre, University of New South Wales
3 School of Human Movement and Exercise Science, University of Western Australia
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Professor Stevenson,
mstevenson@iih.usyd.edu.au
The magnitude and key risk and protective factors for sports injury at the population level in Australia have been established
Keywords: injury; database
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While rates of regular physical activity are increasing among Australians, there is potential for an increase in the number of injuries. It is important therefore to consider the benefits attributed to participation in sport and recreational pursuits in the light of the increased physical risks.1
Until now, there has been a lack of valid, reliable, and recent data on the incidence and up to date costs of sports injuries in Australia. Furthermore, much of the research has focused on elite participants,2 with a paucity of research among non-elite sports participants, despite the fact that most sports participants play at a non-elite level.3 As the risk of injury and the concomitant rate of injury are likely to be different in elite and non-elite sports participants, there was a need for research that could be translated into injury prevention policy and practice for non-elite sports participants.
A proposal to establish
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