@article{ref1,
title="The incidence of head/neck/orofacial injuries in non-elite Australian football",
journal="Journal of science and medicine in sport",
year="2004",
author="Braham, R. and Finch, Caroline F. and McCrory, Paul",
volume="7",
number="4",
pages="451-453",
abstract="Injuries to the head/neck/orofacial region are common in contact and collision sports such as Australian Football. A total of 294 players who did not wear headgear from 23 teams from a large metropolitan community football league in Victoria, Australia, were monitored for head/neck/orofacial injuries over one playing season. This short report describes the incidence of head/neck/orofacial injuries in this cohort. Overall, there were 37 head/neck/orofacial injuries reported at a rate of 2.6 injuries/1000 participation hours. Over 70% of these were the result of being struck by another player through inadvertent contact during competitive play. Facial lacerations were most common (0.97/1000 player hours), followed by concussion (0.49/1000 player hours). Nine of the cases were referred to hospital for further treatment.",
language="",
issn="1440-2440",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}