Abbreviations

Abbreviations

ACC

Accident Compensation Corporation

ACL

Anterior Crucial Ligament

ACSEP

Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians

AFL

Australian Football League

AFLW

Australian Football League Women’s

AIHW

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

AIS

Australian Institute of Sport

ARC

Australian Research Council

ARLC

Australian Rugby League Commission

ASBB

Australian Sports Brain Bank

ASC

Australian Sports Commission

CALD

culturally and linguistically diverse

CISG

Concussion in Sports Group

Connectivity

Connectivity Traumatic Brain Injury Australia

CRT5

Concussion Recognition Tool 5

CTE

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

CTE-NC

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Neuropathological Change

GP

General practitioner

IOC

International Olympic Committee

MCRI

Murdoch Children’s Research Institute

MRFF

Medical Research Future Fund

mTBI

mild traumatic brain injury

NDIS

National Disability Insurance Scheme

NFL

National Football League

NHMD

National Hospital Morbidity Database

NHMRC

National Health and Medical Research Council

NRL

National Rugby League

NRLW

National Rugby League Women’s

PoC

Point of Care

PPE

Personal protection equipment

QAFLW

Queensland Australian Football League Women’s

RACGP

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

RHT

Repeated head trauma

RLPA

Rugby League Players Association

SBB

Sydney Brain Bank

SCAT5

Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 5

TBI

Traumatic brain injury

TBI Mission

Traumatic Brain Injury Mission

TES

Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome

the department

Department of Health and Aged Care

the Florey

The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

TPD

Total and permanent disability

VFL

Victorian Football League

YPNHNA

Young People in Nursing Homes National Alliance