Citation

Constantoyannis C, Partheni M. Br. J. Sports Med. 2004; 38(1): 78-79.

Affiliation

Patras School of Medicine, Patras, Greece. cconstantoyannis@yahoo.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

14751952

PMCID

PMC1724752

Abstract

The case is described of a fatal injury to a young amateur boxer. The number of deaths from boxing have decreased in recent years. However, new rules devised to promote safety, such as limitation of the number of rounds, mandatory use of safety head guards, and better medical control during the match, seem to be of limited value in preventing severe head injuries from boxing.

Language: en