Background: The concept of predicting injury risk has been criticised (Bahr, 2016), however research
using machine learning methods has demonstrated that it is possible to predict injury
risk in basketball (Talukder 2016a) and soccer (Talukder 2016b). Player load is by
far the strongest injury risk factor (Rossi 2018), however player load data may not
always be available for analysis and the prediction of risk. The aim of this study
was to investigate whether player characteristics alone, could be used to predict
injury risk in the first five seasons of an Australian football player’s professional
career.
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