March 1, 2000The Medical Journal of Australia
Deaths due to brain injury among footballers in Victoria, 1968‐1999
Population
25 deaths associated with Australian football, including 9 due to brain injury, identified from coronial…
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Implication
Brain injury, chiefly intracranial haemorrhage, drives most Australian football fatalities; case reports leave open optimal prevention strategies.
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Population
25 deaths associated with Australian football, including 9 due to brain injury, identified from coronial autopsy records (1990-1999) and newspaper reports (1968-1989) in Victoria, Australia.
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Outcome
Coronial autopsy findings and circumstances of injuryhard clinical
Intracranial haemorrhage, including subarachnoid haemorrhage from vertebral artery injury, is the most common finding in fatal brain injuries in Australian football.
Cite This Study
McCrory et al. (2000) studied this question.