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Injury Epidemiology Among Australian Female Cricketers Injury Epidemiology Among Australian Female Cricketers Nirmala Kanthi Panagodage Perera This thesis is submitted in total fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Australian Collaboration for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention (ACRISP) School of Health Sciences and Psychology Faculty of Health Federation University Australia Submitted November 2016 CONTENTS CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................. ii FIGURES ................................................................................................................................ vi TABLES .................................................................................................................................. x ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................................... xii SUMMARY ...........................................................................................................................xiv STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP ...............................................................................................xvi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ....................................................................................................... xvii DEDICATION ........................................................................................................................ xix CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 1 1.1 OVERVIEW OF CRICKET ........................................................................................................... 1 1.2 PUBLIC HEALTH BURDEN OF SPORTS INJURIES IN AUSTRALIA ............................................... 5 1.3 CRICKET INJURIES IN AUSTRALIA ............................................................................................ 7 1.4 RESEARCH AIMS AND QUESTIONS .......................................................................................... 9 1.5 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS FOR INJURY PREVENTION...................................................... 12 1.6 RESEARCH CONTEXT ............................................................................................................. 16 1.7 THESIS OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................. 19 CHAPTER 2 SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF LITERATURE ............................................................. 23 2.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 23 2.2 METHODS .............................................................................................................................. 25 2.3 RESULTS................................................................................................................................. 38 2.4 DISCUSSION ........................................................................................................................... 86 ii 2.5 CONCLUSION ......................................................................................................................... 94 2.6 NEW FINDINGS ...................................................................................................................... 95 CHAPTER 3 HOSPITAL-TREATED CRICKET INJURIES ............................................................ 96 3.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 96 3.2 METHODS .............................................................................................................................. 98 3.3 RESULTS............................................................................................................................... 109 3.4 DISCUSSION ......................................................................................................................... 121 3.5 CONCLUSION ....................................................................................................................... 130 CHAPTER 4 CRICKET INJURY INSURANCE CLAIMS ............................................................ 131 4.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 131 4.2 METHODS ............................................................................................................................ 134 4.3 RESULTS............................................................................................................................... 139 4.4 DISCUSSION ......................................................................................................................... 146 4.5 CONCLUSION ....................................................................................................................... 153 CHAPTER 5 INJURIES IN ELITE FEMALE CRICKET PLAYERS................................................. 155 5.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 155 5.2 METHODS ............................................................................................................................ 159 5.3 RESULTS............................................................................................................................... 166 5.4 DISCUSSION ......................................................................................................................... 199 5.5 CONCLUSION ....................................................................................................................... 212 CHAPTER 6 SELF-REPORTED WORST CRICKET INJURIES ................................................... 213 6.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 213 iii 6.2 METHODS ............................................................................................................................ 215 6.3 RESULTS............................................................................................................................... 225 6.4 DISCUSSION ......................................................................................................................... 237 6.5 CONCLUSION ....................................................................................................................... 248 CHAPTER 7 DISCUSSION ................................................................................................. 249 7.1 OVERVIEW OF NOVEL APPROACH ...................................................................................... 249 7.2 SUMMARY OF KEY FINDINGS .............................................................................................. 251 7.3 IMPLICATION OF KEY FINDINGS .......................................................................................... 261 7.4 STRENGTHS OF THE RESEARCH DESIGN.............................................................................. 263 7.5 LIMITATIONS OF THE RESEARCH ......................................................................................... 265 7.6 FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS ......................................................................................... 267 7.7 RECOMENDATION FOR INJURY SURVEILLANCE .................................................................. 268 7.8 CONCLUDING REMARKS ..................................................................................................... 270 REFERENCES ...................................................................................................................... 272 APPENDICES ...................................................................................................................... 302 APPENDIX 1: DOWNS AND BLACK CRITERIA FOR SYSTEMATIC REVIEW......................................... 302 APPENDIX 2: ETHICS APPROVAL FOR CHAPTER 3 ........................................................................... 305 APPENDIX 3: JLT-SPORT PERSONAL INSURANCE CLAIM FORM ...................................................... 307 APPENDIX 4: JLT-SPORT PERSONAL INJURY CLAIM REIMBURSEMENT CRITERIA ........................... 314 APPENDIX 5: ETHICS APPROVAL FOR CHAPTER 5 ........................................................................... 315 APPENDIX 6: ATHLETE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DATA DICTIONARY .............................................. 316 APPENDIX 7: ETHICS APPROVAL FOR CHAPTER 5 ........................................................................... 329 iv APPENDIX 8: SURVEY PLAIN LANGUAGE INFORMATION STATEMENT ........................................... 330 APPENDIX 9: SURVEY ...................................................................................................................... 334 APPENDIX 10: ETHICS APPROVAL FOR CHAPTER 6 ......................................................................... 346 APPENDIX 11: SURVEY DATA DICTIONARY ..................................................................................... 347 APPENDIX 12: RELEVANT RESEARCH OUTPUTS DURING CANDIDATURE ....................................... 361 v FIGURES Figure 1.1 Bowler .................................................................................................................................... 2 Figure 1.2 Batter ....................................................................................................................................
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