PROFESSOR PETER BRUKNER
OAM, D Sci(honoris causa), MBBS, DRCOG, FACSP, FASMF, FACSM, FFSEM, FSEM(Ire)
Melbourne, Australia
117
Research Papers
19
Book Chapters as the Author
330+
Conference Presentations
117
Research Papers
19
Book Chapters as the Author
330+
Conference Presentations
BIO
Peter Brukner OAM is a specialist sports and exercise physician who is the founding partner of Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre in Melbourne and Professor of Sports Medicine at La Trobe University. A founding Executive Member of the Australasian College of Sports Physicians, he served two terms as President and played a key role in establishing sports medicine as a medical specialty in Australia.
Peter is the co-author of the widely used text book Clinical Sports Medicine and has been team physician for professional football clubs as well as national athletics, swimming, soccer and men’s hockey teams including Olympic and Commonwealth Games. Peter was the Socceroos Team Doctor at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and subsequently became Head of Sports Medicine and Sports Science at Liverpool Football Club. His most recent position was Australian cricket team doctor from 2012-17.
Peter is the co-founder of the public health campaign SugarByHalf and is committed to the challenge of improving the nation’s health with improved diet and increased physical activity. His best selling book A Fat Lot of Good was published in May 2018. Peter is also the Founder and Chair of Defeat Diabetes, an app- and web-based program aimed at improving diabetes control through diet. His most recent book is The Diabetes Plan.
In 2022 Peter was awarded a Doctor of Science honor is causa by La Trobe University and delivered the inaugural Peter Brukner Distinguished Lecture. Peter received the 2023 Vicsport Outstanding Contribution to Sport award and He was recently awarded the 2025 Senior Australian of the Year for Victoria.
AUTHOR/CO-AUTHOR
Food for Sport
Drugs in Sport – What the GP needs to know
Stress Fractures
The Encyclopedia of Exercise and Sport Health
Essential Sports Medicine
Clinical Sports Anatomy
Brukner & Khan’s Clinical Sports Medicine – 5 editions
ACADEMIC
La Trobe University
Foundation Chair, La Trobe University Sport & Exercise Medicine Research Centre, 2015
Professor of Sport Medicine, 2015 – Present
Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore
Visiting Professor, 2016-2022
University of Melbourne
Associate Professor in Sports Medicine, 2001 – 2006
Reader, Faculty of Law, 2005 – 2022
Lecturer, Sports Law Masters, 2015 – 2022
University of Queensland
Honorary Professor of Sports Medicine, 2002-Present
Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Honorary Professor of Sports Medicine, 2010 – Present
Stanford University, USA
Visiting Professor, Department of Sports Medicine, 1997
SPORTS MEDICINE PROFESSION
Australian College of Sports Physicians
Founding Member, 1985
Executive Member, 1985-2000
President, 1991-1992 and 1999-2000
Board of Censors, 1985-1996
Censor-in-Chief, 1993-1995
Conference Chair, 1985 and 1990
Key role in establishment of the specialty of Sport & Exercise Medicine in Australia
Sports Medicine Australia (formerly ASMF)
ASMF (Vic) Council Member, 1984-1990
Co-convenor ASMF/RACGP course, 1987-1994
Drugs in Sport Committee, 1988-1995
Editor, Sport Health, 1990-1995
Federal Council Member, 1986-1990
American College of Sports Medicine
International Relations Committee, 1999-2002
Election Task Force, 2000-2002
Board Member, 2000-2002 (first non-USA Board Member)
Football Association (UK) Medical Committee
Board Member, 2011-2012
AWARDS
Life Member
Melbourne University Football Club 1979
“Book of the Year”
Food for Sport ACHPER 1987
Inaugural Honour Award
Australian College of Sports Physicians 1996
Citation Award
American College of Sports Medicine, Indianapolis 2000
Book of the Year
British Journal of Sports Medicine 2001
Certificate of Merit
Sports Medicine Australia 2002
Bruce Hulsson Trophy
TEM Hockey Club 2002
Barry Prenpaze Trophy
TEM Hockey Club 2004
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
June 2006
Chris Brown Memorial Trophy
University Blues 2019
Life Member
Athletics Australia 2021
Honorary Doctorate
La Trobe University 2022
NATIONAL SPORTING TEAM INVOLVEMENT
Australian Team Doctor
Pakistan ODI series, UAE, 2012
India Test series, India, 2013
Ashes Test series, England, 2013
England ODI series, England, 2013
Ashes home series, 2013-2014
South Africa away test series, 2014
Zimbabwe ODI series, 2014
South Africa ODI series, 2014
India Test series, 2014-2015
ICC World Cup, 2015 (World Champions)
West Indies Test tour, 2015
Ashes Test series, England, 2015
New Zealand test series, 2015
West Indies Test series, 2015-2016
New Zealand, 2016
Sri Lanka, 2016
South Africa home series, 2016
Pakistan home series, 2016-2017
India, 2017
Champions Trophy, England, 2017
Socceroos Team Doctor
Asian Cup, Vietnam, 2007
Word Cup qualifying matches, 2007-2009
FIFA World Cup, South Africa, 2010
Australian Team Doctor
World Track & Field Championships, Tokyo, 1991
World Cup, Havana, 1992
World Track & Field Championships, Gothenburg, 1995
Olympic Games, Atlanta, 1996
Australian Team Manager
Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur, 1998
World Track & Field Championships, Seville, 1999
Test series against South Africa, Pretoria, 2000
Olympic Games, Sydney, 2000
National Selector
2006-2008
High Performance Committee
2022
Chief Medical Officer
World Cross Country Championships, Bathurst, 2023
Australian Team Doctor
European Tour, 1994
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, Malaysia, 1994
Oceania Cup, New Zealand, 1995
Australian Team Doctor
World Swimming Championships, Madrid, 1986
Pan Pacific Championships, Brisbane, 1987
MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Olympic Games
Athletics Team Doctor/Assistant Manager, Atlanta, 1996
Athletics Team Manager, Sydney, 2000
World University Games
Australian Team Doctor, Edmonton, 1983
Australian Team Doctor, Kobe, 1985
Australian Team Doctor, Zagreb, 1987
Commonwealth Games
Athletics Team Manager, Kuala Lumpur, 1998
117
Scientific Journals
13062
citations
52
H index
98
i10 index
Inge K, PD Brukner: Food for Sport Renee Gordon, 1986. Reprinted 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991. 1993, 1994, (22,000 copies)
Brukner PD, K Khan: Clinical Sports Medicine McGraw Hill, Sydney 1993. Reprinted 1993, 1993, 1994, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 (40,000 copies), Korean edition, 1994
Brukner PD, Bennell K, Matheson GO: Stress Fractures Blackwells Scientific, Melbourne, 1999
Brukner PD and K Khan: Clinical Sports Medicine 2nd edition McGraw Hill, Sydney 2001
Kron J, Brukner PD, Khan K. The Encyclopedia of Exercise and Sport Health, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, 2004
Higgins R, Brukner PD, English B. Essential Sports Medicine, Blackwells, London 2005
Brukner PD and K Khan: Clinical Sports Medicine 3rd edition McGraw Hill, Sydney 2006
Franklyn-Miller A, Falvey A, McCrory P, Brukner P. Clinical Sports Anatomy. McGraw Hill, Sydney 2010
Brukner PD and K Khan: Brukner and Khan’s Clinical Sports Medicine 4th edition McGraw Hill, Sydney 2012
Brukner PD and K Khan: Brukner and Khan’s Clinical Sports Medicine 5th edition Volume 1: Injuries McGraw Hill, Sydney 2017
Brukner PD. A Fat Lot of Good. Penguin, Melbourne May 2018
Brukner PD and K Khan: Brukner and Khan’s Clinical Sports Medicine 5th edition Volume 2: Medicine of Exercise McGraw Hill, Sydney 2019
Brukner PD. The Diabetes Plan, Pan McMillan, Sydney, 2023
Brukner PD and K Khan: Brukner and Khan’s Clinical Sports Medicine 6th edition Book 1: Foundations of Clinical Practice, McGraw Hill, Sydney 2024
Brukner PD and K Khan: Brukner and Khan’s Clinical Sports Medicine 6th edition Book 2: Injuries McGraw Hill, Sydney 2025
Brukner PD and K Khan: Brukner and Khan’s Clinical Sports Medicine 6th edition Book 3: The Medicine f Exercise McGraw Hill, Sydney 2025
Brukner PD and Inge K: “Sports Nutrition” in Sports Medicine of the Lower Extemity by S. Subotnick, Churchill Livingstone 1988
Brukner PD:“Medical problems of the female athlete”In Dyer K. (ed) : Sportswomen Towards 2000 1989
Brukner PD “Drugs in Sport” in Sports Physiotherapy Churchill Livingstone, Melbourne, 1995
Brukner PD and K Khan: “Emergencies in Sports Medicine” in Sports Physiotherapy Churchill Livingstone, Melbourne, 1995
Brukner PD: “The role of nutrition in the prevention of injury” in Olympic Book of Sport Medicine Volume 4 Ed. Renstrom P., Blackwells Oxford , 1994
Brukner PD:“The Tired Tennis Player” in Tennis: Sports Medicine and Science. Eds. H. Krahl, H.G. Pieper. W.B. Kibler, P.A. Renstrom; Walter Rau Verlag, Dusseldorf, 1995.
Brukner PD: “Endocrinological Problems” in Medical Problems of Exercise. Eds P.A. Fricker, B. Fields; Churchill Livingstone, 1997.
Brukner PD: "Overuse Injuries In the Elite Athlete" In Topics In Sports Medicine for GP's. Ed. P.O.L. Goh, Singapore Sports Council, 1997
Brukner PD & K Crichton: “Rugby Injuries” in The Spiral Manual of Sports Medicine. Eds M. Safran, S. Van Camp and D. McKeag; Little, Brown and Company, 1998.
Matheson G.O., Ford P., Brukner P., Brock R. and Norris R.: "Preparation for Emergencies in Sport in The Spiral Manual of Sports Medicine. Eds M. Safran, S. Van Camp and D. McKeag; Little, Brown and Company, 1998.
Brukner PD, Matheson G.O., “Overuse Injuries” Textbook of Rheumatology. Ed:E. Harris, Churchill Livingstone 2000
Brukner PD & K.Bennell. “Stress Fractures” in The Complete Book of Running Medicine. F.O'Connor, R.Wilder., McGraw Hill 2001
Bennell K. & P. Brukner. “Treatment of stress fractures” in Evidence-based Sports Medicine. Eds MacAuley D, Best T. BMJ Publishing, London, 2002
Brukner PD & K.Bennell. “Stress fractures: Their causes and principles of treatment” in The Foot and Ankle in Sport, 2nd ed, Baxter D, Porter D. Elesevier Science, Philadelphia 2007
Warden SJ, Burr DB, Brukner PD. “Repetitive stress pathology – Bone” in Magee DJ, Zachazewski JE, Quillen WS: Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation: Treatment of Pathology and Injuries Elsevier Inc. 2008
de Oliveira Silva D, Warden S, Brukner P. “Stress Fractures” in The Complete Book of Running Medicine. F.O'Connor, R.Wilder, Second edition, McGraw Hill 2022
Friedman D, Brukner P. “Exercise across the lifespan: Exercise and obesity” in Exercise to Prevent and Manage Chronic Disease across the Lifespan, Apostolopoulos V, Feehan J, Tripodi N. Elsevier, 2022
Khan K, Brukner P. “Management of musculoskeletal injuries in the mature atlete” in ABC of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Whyte GP, Loosemore M, Williams C (eds), Wiley Blackwell , Oxford, 2015
Creaby MW, Brukner PD, Bennell KL. “Stress fracture/stress reaction of the lower leg and foot” in Management of Chronic Conditions in the Foot and Lower Leg, Rome K & McNair P (eds), Churchill Livingstone Elesevier, Edinburgh, 2015
- Brukner PD, Inge K. Iron status of VFL footballers. Australian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sport, 20 (4): 8–10, 1988
- Brukner PD, Miran–Khan K & Carlisle J.Comparison of significant injuries in VFL players and umpires. Australian Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 23: 21–23, 1990
- Brukner PD. Australian football injuries – a three year study. Proceedings, XXXIV FIMS World Congress. Sports, Medicine and Health. (G.P.H. Hermans Ed.) pp. 142 – 146, 1990
- Brukner PD. Buttock pain. Sports Medicine, Training and Rehabilitation.2:257–262, 1991
- Brukner PD, Khan K. The difficult ankle. Australian Family Physician 20(7): 919-930, 1991
- Khan KM, Fuller PS, Brukner PD, Kearney C, Burry H. Outcome of conservative and surgical management of navicular stress fractures in athletes. 86 cases proven with computerised tomography. American Journal of Sports Medicine 20: 657–666, 1992. Abstracted in Year Book of Sports Medicine 1993. Mosby, Eds: Shepherd R., Torg J., Current Opinions in Rheumatology, 1993. Current Sciences Limited, London; Clinical Digest Series, 1993
- Brukner PD. Sports medicine in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia 158: 511–512, 1993.
- Khan K, Brukner PD, Bradshaw C. Stress fracture in the medial cuneiform bone in a runner. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 3:262–264, 1993
- Khan KM,Brukner PD, Kearney C., Fuller P.J., Bradshaw C., and Z.S. Kiss.Tarsal navicular stress fractures in athletes. Sports Medicine 17(1): 65–76, 1994
- Brukner P. The tired athlete. Israel Journal of Sports Medicine 1: 136–141, 1994
- Shawdon A, Brukner PD. Injury profile of amateur Australian Rules footballers. Australian Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 26(3/4): 59–61, 1994
- Orchard JW, Fricker PA, Brukner PD. Sports medicine services for professional teams. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 5(1): 1 – 3. 1995
- Bennell KL, Malcolm SA, Thomas SA, Ebeling P, McCrory PR, Wark JD, Brukner PD. Risk factors for stress factors in female track and field athletes: A retrospective analysis. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 5: 229 – 235, 1995
- Bradshaw C, Khan KM, Brukner PD. Stress fracture of the body of the talus in athletes demonstrated with computor tomography. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 6(1), 48–51, 1996
- Brukner PD, Bradshaw C, Khan KM, White S. Stress fractures: a review of 180 cases. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 6(2), 85–89, 1996
- Brukner PD, Khan K. Stress fractures of the neck of the seventh and eighth ribs. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 6(3), 204–206, 1996
- Brukner PD, Crichton KS, Fricker PA. Sports physician training – the Australian experience. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 6(1), 2 – 3, 1996
- Brukner PD, Bennell K. Stress fractures in runners. Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation 5:341-351, 1995
- Bennell KL, Malcolm SA, Thomas SA, Ebeling P, McCrory PR, Wark JD, Brukner PD. The incidence and distribution of stress fracture in competition track and field athletes. A twelve month study. American Journal of Sports Medicine 24(2):211 – 218, 1996
- Bennell K, Brukner PD. Effect of altered reproductive function and lowered testosterone level on bone density in male endurance athletes British Journal of Sports Medicine 30(3): 205-208, 1996
- Parker S, Brukner PD, Rosier M. Chronic fatigue syndrome and the athlete. Sports Medicine, Training and Rehabilitation 6(4): 269 – 278, 1996.
- Brukner PD. Overuse injuries – Part I Bone. Australian Family Physician 25 (4): 545–549, 1996
- Brukner PD. Overuse injuries – Part II Tendon. Australian Family Physician 25 (5): 731–737, 1996
- Brukner PD. Anterior knee pain. Australian Family Physician 25(6): 908–914, 1996
- Bennell KL, Malcolm SA, Thomas SA, Ebeling P, McCrory PR, Wark JD, Brukner PD. Risk factors for stress fractures in track and field athletes. A 12 month prospective study. American Journal of Sports Medicine. 24(6): 810-818, 1996
- Brukner PD. Hamstring injuries. Australian Family Physician 25(7): 1108–1112, 1996
- Brukner PD. The tired athlete. Australian Family Physician 25(8): 1283–1288, 1996
- Brukner PD. Concussion. Australian Family Physician 25(9): 1445–1448, 1996
- Brukner PD. Shoulder injuries – Part I. Australian Family Physician 25(10): 1593-1597, 1996
- Brukner PD. Shoulder injuries – Part II. Australian Family Physician 25(11): 1743-1745, 1996
- Brukner PD. Shoulder injuries – Part III. Australian Family Physician 25(12): 1853-1855, 1996
- Baquie P, Brukner PD. Injuries presenting to an Australian sports medicine clinic. A 12 month study. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 7:28-31 1997.
- Deacon A, Bennell K, Kiss ZS, Crossley K, Brukner PD. Osteoarthritis of the knee in retired, elite Australian footballers. Medical Journal of Australia 166:187-190, 1997
- Bradshaw C, McCrory P, Bell S, Brukner PD. Obturator nerve entrapment. A cause of groin pain in athletes. American Journal of Sports Medicine 25(3): 402-408, 1997.
- Jowett A, Brukner PD. Stress fracture of the fifth metacarpal in a female softball pitcher. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 7:220-221, 1997.
- Brukner PD, Bennell KL. Stress fractures in female athletes. Sports Medicine 24 (6): 419-429, 1997.
- Brukner PD, Bennell K. Epidemiology and site specificity of stress fractures. Clinics in Sports Medicine 16(2): 179-195, 1997
- Brukner PD, Bennell KL Stress fractures Critical Reviews in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine 9(2): 151 – 180, 1997
- Brukner PD, Bennell KL. Overuse injuries. Where to now? British Journal of Sports Medicine 31(1):2, 1997
- Brukner PD. Pain in the lower leg. Australian Family Physician 26(3):286-289, 1997
- Brukner P. Sports medicine. Pain in the lower leg Australian Family Physician 26(4): 463-465, 1997
- Brukner P. Sports medicine. Pain in the achilles region Australian Family Physician 26(4): 463-465, 1997
- Brukner P, Clearihan L. Sports medicine. A specific problem in the groin Australian Family Physician 26(5): 604-606, 1997
- Brukner P, Clearihan L. Sports medicine. Chronic and debilitating pain in the groin Australian Family Physician 26(7): 863-866, 1997
- Bennell KL, Malcolm SA, Thomas SA, Reid SJ, Khan KM, Brukner PD, Ebeling PR, Wark JD. Bone mass and bone turnover differences in power athletes, endurance athletes and controls. Bone 20(5):477-484, 1997
- Matheson GO, Brukner PD. Pneumatic leg brace after tibial stress fracture for faster return to play (Clinical commentary) Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 8(1): 66, 1998
- Bennell KL, Malcolm SA, Brukner PD, Hopper, JL, Green RM, Wark JD, Ebeling PR. A 12 month prospective study of the relationship between stress fracture and bone turnover in athletes. Calcified Tissue International 63: 80-85, 1998
- Brukner PD, Bradshaw, C., Bennell KL Stress fractures: risk assessment and management Physician and Sportsmedicine 26(8): 39-47, 1998
- Brukner PD, Bradshaw C, McCrory P. Obturator neuropathy. A cause of exercise-related groin pain. Physician and Sportsmedicine 27(5): 62-73, 1999
- Brukner PD. Stress fractures of the upper limb. Sports Medicine 26(6): 415-424, 1998
- Mitchell B, Brukner PD. A case of vertebral solitary bone plasmacytoma Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 8(4):305-306, 1998
- Hamilton B, Colson E, Brukner PD. Ulna stress fracture in a baseball pitcher: case report and review of the literature. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 9(4):231-232, 1999
- Brukner P. Calf and ankle Swelling Australian Family Physician 29(1): 35-40, 2000
- Brukner PD. Exercise-related leg pain: overview. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 32(3):S1-3, 2000
- Brukner PD. Exercise-related leg pain: bone. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 32(3):S15-26, 2000
- Brukner PD, Fanton G, Bergman AG, Beaulieu C, Matheson GO. Bilateral stress fracture of the anterior part of the tibial cortex. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 82-A:213-218, 2000
- Bennell KL, Brukner PD. Do high Impact exercises produce higher tibial strains than running? (Clinical Commentary) British Journal of Sports Medicine 34:195-199, 2000
- Trease L, van Every B, Bennell KL, Brukner PD, Rynderman J, Baldey A, Turlakow A, Kelly MJ. A prospective blinded evaluation of exercise thallium-201 SPET in patients with suspected chronic exertional compartment syndrome of the leg. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine 28(6): 688-695, 2001
- Holzer K, Brukner PD, Douglass J. Evidence-based management of exercise-induced asthma. Current Sports Medicine Reports 1:86-92, 2002.
- Makdissi M, Brukner PD. Recommendations for lightning protection in sport Medical Journal of Australia 177(1):35-37, 2002
- Slimmon D, Bennell KL, Brukner PD, Crossley K, Bell S. Outcome of surgical decompression In the management of recurrent exertional comparftment syndromes of the lower leg. American Journal of Sports Medicine 30(4): 581-588, 2002
- Mitchell, B., McCrory, P., Brukner PD, O’Donnell, J., Colson, E., Gelber, N., Howells, R. Hip arthroscopy: Correlation between clinical, MR arthrography and arthroscopic findings In 25 consecutive cases. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 13(3): 152-156, 2003
- Warden S, Brukner PD. Patellar tendinopathy. Clinics in Sports Medicine 22: 743-759, 2003
- Brukner PD. Muscle healing under pressure (invited commentary) Physician and Sportsmedicine 32(3): 7, 2004
- Holzer K, Brukner PD. Screening of athletes for exercise-induced asthma. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 14(3): 134-138, 2004
- Brukner PD, White S, Shawdon A, Holzer K Screening of athletes – the Australian experience. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 14(3): 169-177, 2004
- Brukner PD, Nicol A. The use of oral corticosteroids in sports medicine. Current Sports Medicine Reports 3(4): 181-183, 2004
- Glazer J, Brukner PD. Plantar fasciitis. Current concepts to expedite healing. Physician and Sportsmedicine 32(11): 24-28, 2004
- Barbour TD, Briggs CA, Bell SN, Bradshaw CJ, Venter DJ, Brukner PD. Histology of the fascial-periosteal interface in lower limb chronic deep posterior compartment syndrome British Journal of Sports Medicine 38: 709-717, 2004
- Cowan SM, Schache AG, Brukner P, Bennell KL, Hodges PW, Coburn P. Delayed onset of transversus abdominus in long-standing groin pain Medicine Science in Sports and Exercise 36(12): 2040-2045, 2004
- Warden SJ, Morris HG, Crossley KM, Brukner PD, Bennell KL. Delayed- and non-union following opening wedge high tibial osteotomy: Surgeons’ results from 182 completed cases. Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy 13(1): 34-7, 2005
- Huguenin L, Brukner PD, McCrory PM, Smith P, Wajswelner H,Bennell K. The effect of dry needling of gluteal muscles on Straight Leg Raise – a randomised placebo controlled double blind trial. British Journal of Sports Medicine 39(2):84-90, 2005
- Brukner P. Return to play – a personal perspective. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 15(6): 459-460, 2005
- Orchard J, Brukner P. Sport and exercise medicine in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia 183(7): 383, 2005
- Bennell K, Brukner P. Prevention and management of stress fractures in athletes. Physical Therapy in Sport 6(4): 171-180, 2005
- Brukner P, Brown W. Is exercise good for you? Medical Journal of Australia 183(10): 538-541, 2005
- Brukner P, Crossley, Morris H, Bartold S, Elliott B.. Recent advances in sports medicine. Medical Journal of Australia 184(4): 188-193, 2006
- Verrall GM, Brukner P, Seward H. Doctor on the sidelines. Medical Journal of Australia 184(5): 244-248, 2006
- Warden SJ, Burr DB, Brukner P. Stress fractures: Pathophysiology, epidemiology and risk factors. Current Osteoporosis Reports 4:103-109, 2006
- Potter N, Brukner P, Makdissi M, Crossley K, Kiss ZS. Navicular stress fractures: Outcomes Of surgical and conservative management British Journal of Sports Medicine 40(8): 692-695, 2006
- Bennett A, Brukner P, Edwards E. Posterior sternoclavicular joint dislocation with brachiocephalic vein compression in an elite hockey player. Injury Extra 37: 423-424, 2006
- Masci L, Pike J, Malara F, Phillips F, Bennell K, Brukner P. The use of the one-legged hyperextension test and magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of active spondylolysis. British Journal of Sports Medicine 40 (11): 940-946, 2006
- Koulouris G, Connell D, Schneider-Kolsky M, Brukner P. MR imaging parameters for assessing risk of recurrent hamstring injuries in elite athletes American Journal of Sports Medicine 35(9): 1500-1506, 2007
- Sellwood K, Brukner P, Williams D, Nicol A, Hinman R. Ice water immersion and delayed onset muscle soreness: a randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Sports Medicine 41(6): 392-397, 2007
- Bennett A, Crossley K, Brukner P, Hinman R. Predictors of symptomatic response to glucosamine in knee osteoarthritis: an exploratory study. British Journal of Sports Medicine 41(7): 415-419, 2007
- Orchard JW, Leeder SR, Moorhead GE, Coates JJ, Brukner PD. Australia urgently needs a Federal government body dedicated to monitoring and preventing sports injuries. Medical Journal of Australia 187(9): 505-506, 2007
- Castricum A, Holzer K, Brukner P, Irving L. The role of the bronchial provocation tests in the diagnosis of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in elite swimmers. British Journal of Sports Medicine 44(10): 736-740, 2010
- Makdissi M, McCrory P, Ugoni A, Darby D, Brukner P. A prospective study of post-concussive outcomes after return to play in Australian football. American Journal of Sports Medicine 37(5): 877-883, 2009
- Brukner P. Stop taking warfarin. No way! Medical Journal of Australia 190(12):704, 2009
- Brooker B, Morris H, Brukner P, Mazen F, Bunn J. The macroscopic arthroscopic anatomy of the infrapatellar fat pad. Arthroscopy 25(8):839-45, 2009
- Makdissi M, Darby D, Maruff P, Ugoni A, Brukner P, McCrory PR Natural history of concussion in sport:Markers of severity and implications for management American Journal of Sports Medicine 38(3):464-71, 2010
- Slimmon D, Brukner P. Sports ankle injuries – asessment and management Australian Family Physician 39(1-2): 18-22, 2010
- Morton JO, Iqbal Z, Drust B, Burgess D, Close GL, Brukner PD. Seasonal variation in Vitamin D status in rofessional soccer players of the English Premier League Applied Physiology Nutrition Metabolism 37(4): 798-802, 2012
- Brukner P, Nealon A, Morgan C, Burgess D, Dunn A. Recurrent hamstring injury: applying thr limited evidence in the professional football setting with a seven point programme. British Journal of Sports Medicine 48(11):929-38, 2014
- Brukner P Challenging beliefs in sports nutrition: are two ‘core principles’ proving to be myths ripe for busting? British Journal of Sports Medicine 47(11):663-4, 2013
- Brukner P Surviving thirty years on the road as a team physician British Journal of Sports Medicine 47(10):610, 2013
- Brukner P How I decide how to treat British Journal of Sports Medicine 2013 (Epub ahead of print)
- Orchard JW, Blanch P, Paoloni J, Kountouris A, Sims K, Orchard JJ, Brukner P. Fast bowling match workloads over 5-26 days and risk of injury in the following month. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 18(1):26-30, 2015
- Orchard JW, Blanch P, Paoloni J, Kountouris A, Sims K, Orchard JJ, Brukner P. Cricket fast bowling workload patterns as risk factors for tendon, muscle, bone and joint injuries British Journal of Sports Medicine 49(16):1064-8, 2015
- Dickinson JW, Drust B, Whyte G, Brukner P (2014) Screening English Premier League Football Players for Exercise Induced Bronchoconstriction. In: Numone, Hiroyuki and Drust, Barry and Dawson, Brian, eds. Science and Football VII: The Proceedings of the Seventh World Congress on Science and Football. Routledge, London. ISBN 9781138837720.
- Orchard JW, Kountouris A, Sims K, Orchard JJ, Beakley D, Brukner P. Change to injury profile of elite male cricketers in the T20 era. New Zealand Journal of Sports Medicine 42(1):1 3-17, 2015
- Weir A, Brukner P, Delahunt, Ekstrand J, Griffin D, Khan KM, Lovell G, Meyers WC, Muschaweck U, Orchard J, Paajanen H, Philippon M, Reboul G, Robinson P, Schache AG, Schilders E, Serner A, Silvers H, Thorborg K, Tyler T, Verrall G, de Vos R-J, Vuckovic Z, Hölmich P. Doha agreement meeting on terminology and definitions in groin pain in athletes. British Journal of Sports Medicine 49:768-774, 2015
- Brukner P. Hamstring injuries: prevention and treatment – an update. British Journal of Sports Medicine 49(19):1241-1244, 2015
- Olivier B, Stewart A, Taljaard T, Burger E, Brukner P, Orchard J, Gray J, Botha N, Mckinon W. Extrinsic and intrinsic factors associated with non-contact injury in adult pace bowlers: a systematic review protocol. JBI Database System Rev Implement Rep. 2015 Feb 13;13(1):3-13.
- Olivier B, Taljaard T, Burger E, Brukner P, Orchard J, Gray J, Botha N, Stewart A, Mckinon W. Which extrinsic and intrinsic factors are associated with non-contact injuries in adult cricket fast bowlers? Sports Medicine 2016;46(1):79-101
- Brukner P, Connell D. “Serious thigh muscle strains”: beware the intramuscular tendon which plays an important role in difficult hamstring and quadriceps muscle strains. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2016;50(4):205-8.
- Orchard JW, Puranik R, Semsarian C, Orchard JJ, Samra D, Duflou J, Groenestein P, Young M, Brukner P, Kountouris A. Prevention of sudden cardiac death in cricketers. Journal Postgraduate Medical Education Research 2016;50(2):49-58
- Entwisle T, Ling Y, Splatt A, Brukner P, Connell D. Distal musculotendinous T junction injures of the distal biceps: An MRI case review. Orthopedic Journal of Sports Medicine 2017 Jul 20;5(7):2325967117714998
- Prakash A, Entwisle T, Schneider M, Brukner P, Connell D. Connective tissue injury in calf muscle tears and return to play: MRI correlation British Journal of Sports Medicine 2018;52(14):929-33
- Brukner P, Gara TJ, Fortington LV. Traumatic cricket-related fatalities in Australia: a historical review of media reports. Medical Journal of Australia 2018;208(6):261-264.
- Brukner P, Cook J, Purdam C. Does the intramuscular tendon act like a free tendon? British Journal of Sports Medicine 2018;52(19):1227-8
- Girdwood M, West L, Connell D, Brukner P. Contact-related strain of quadratus femoris, obturator externus and inferior gemellus in an Australian football player: A case report. Journal of Sport Rehabilitation 2019; Jun 12:1-4. doi 10.1123/jsr.2018-0279.
- Caneiro JP, Alaiti RK, Fukusawa L, Hespanhol L, Brukner P, O’Sullivan PP. There is more to pain than tissue damage: eight principles to guide care of acute non-traumatic pain in sport. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2021;55(2):75-77
- Jewson JL, Brukner P, Gara TJ, Fortington LV. Safety in the football codes: a historical review of fatalities in Australian print media. Med J Aust 2020;213(11):501-3
- Cooper I, Brukner P, Devlin BL, Reddy AJ, Fulton M, Kemp JL, Culvenor AG. An anti-inflammatory diet intervention for knee osteoarthritis: a feasibility study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022;23:47 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-022-05003-7
- Kolivas D, Fraser L, Schweitzer R, Brukner P, Moschonis G. Effectiveness of a digitally delivered continuous care intervention (Defeat Diabetes) on type 2 diabetes outcomes: a 12-month single-arm, pre–post intervention study. Nutrients. 2023; 15(9):2153. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15092153
- Jooste BR, Kolivas D, Brukner P, Moschonis G. Effectiveness of technology-enabled, low carbohydrate dietary interventions, in the prevention or Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in adults: A systematic literature review of randomised controlled and non-randomised trials. Nutrients. 2023; 15(20):4362. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15204362
SPORTS MEDICINE CLINICS
Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre, Melbourne
Founding Partner 1986
Clinic Director 1987-2001
Board Member 1987-2010
Largest Multi-disciplinary Sports Medicine Clinic in Australia
Imaging @ Olympic Park
Musculoskletal Radiology Clinic
Founding Partner 2010
Isokinetic Sports Medicine Clinic, London
Consultant Sports Physician 2010-2014
SPORTING TEAM INVOLVEMENT
AFL
Senior Club Doctor, Melbourne Football Club 1987-1990
Consultant Club Doctor, Melbourne Football Club 2021 (Premiers)
Senior Club Doctor, Collingwood Football Club 1995
Victorian State Team 1989
Head of Medical Services, University Blues Football Club 1977-Present
Hockey
Team Doctor, Melbourne Redbacks (NHL) 1995-1998
Team Doctor, Victorian Vikings (AHL) 2005-2008
Team Doctor, Victorian Open & U21 Indoor Hockey teams 2004-2009
Team Doctor, Victorian U16,U16 & U18 Indoor Hockey teams 2004-2009
Basketball
Team Doctor, St Kilda Basketball (NBL) 1986
Soccer - English Premier League
Head of Sports Medicine & Sports Science, Liverpool Club 2010-2012
Athletics
Victorian State team 1988-1994
