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 |