Citation

Carter M. BMJ 2015; 350: h1289.

Affiliation

Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol BS2 8BJ, UK michael.carter2@uhbristol.nhs.uk.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/bmj.h1289

PMID

25759334

Abstract

The response to my editorial, much of it from parents of children injured playing rugby, has been extensive and illuminating. Trewartha and Stokes’s communication deserves special attention because much of it relates to work sponsored by the sports regulatory body in England. I agree that injury prevention initiatives and injury surveys have increased over the past couple of years.

Parents and increasingly some authors suggest that injury is more of a problem than is generally accepted....

See also the editorial:
The unknown risks of youth rugby
BMJ 2015; 350 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h26 (Published 08 January 2015)

Language: en