Title |
Year Commenced |
Organisation name |
Lower limb biomechanics and performance in female snow sports athletes
Variation in lower limb biomechanics, including increased knee valgus angle, is commonly observed in both developing and elite athletes across a range of snow sports disciplines, and particularly amongst female athletes. Once detected during standard physical screening undertaken across all...
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2023 |
University of Canberra Research Institute for Sport and Exercise |
The muscle mechanisms of hamstring injuries and why they happen
The soft tissue injury program was seeking answers to an age-old question: why do hamstring injuries happen? The team will use its unique advanced imaging techniques to visualise mechanisms of hamstring injury, which could lead to better treatments that keep...
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2023 |
Monash University |
Evaluating the physical demands of women's rugby union
This project is intended to quantify the physical demands placed on Rugby Union players. Rugby union is a field-based invasion sport that incorporates a series of intermittent bouts of high intensity activity, interspersed with longer periods of low intensity transitional...
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2023 |
University of Canberra Research Institute for Sport and Exercise |
The 'HER_TRI' project: Training and Performance health of developing and elite female triathletes
To provide the QAS with applied evidence-based recommendations to enhance the quality, delivery and effectiveness of female talent development and elite programs. To promote critical performance health habits and adequate exercise prescription to support female developing triathletes through adolescent years...
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2023 |
University of Canberra Research Institute for Sport and Exercise |
Surfing Economics: understanding the value of surfing to Australian economy and society
Surfing is among the top-five nature-based activities in Australia, and the second most practiced water-based sport, only after swimming. Current participation is 3.3% of the adult population, up from 2.1% in 2018. Surfing has been found to attract faster economic...
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2023 |
Australian National University |
Building an Online Statistics Learning Platform for Sport Scientists
The objectives of this project are to: 1. Curate, clean, and prepare documentation for a repository of canonical, sport science specific datasets that can be used for sports data science educational purposes. 2. Create AIS best practice guidelines and self-paced,...
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2023 |
La Trobe University |
An Ecological Analysis of Return to Sport Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury (ACL) of the Knee
The purpose of this research is help identify key risk predictors for poor outcomes following ACL injury of the knee. These outcomes are defined as an inability to return to the participant’s pre-injury level of activity, and/or further injury to...
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2023 |
Pitch Ready |
Redesigning Volunteer Roles within Community Sport Clubs: Development of a Role Co-Crafting Plan for Volunteer Engagement and Club/Community Capacity
The project aims to address challenges faced by community sports clubs in attracting and retaining volunteers. With a focus on the job crafting approach, the research team plans to explore how volunteers informally reshape their roles based on personal interests...
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2023 |
Griffith University |
Shaping attitudes: Exposure to women coaches and officials influences children and parent perceptions
The aims of this project were to investigate: 1. Existing attitudes: towards women as coaches and officials 2. Factors influencing attitudes: towards women as coaches and officials 3. Differences in attitudes: towards women as coaches and officials between children and...
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2023 |
Victoria University |
Developing educational exercise resources to improve awareness and knowledge of Type 1 Diabetes within community sport settings
Community sport is one of the most common settings in which youth exercise. However, there are a lack of educational exercise resources available in Western Australia currently, therefore, community sport coaches feel they lack the knowledge, confidence and understanding to...
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2023 |
Telethon Kids Institute |