@article{ref1,
title="Value of wearing head protection gear while playing hurling",
journal="British journal of sports medicine",
year="1995",
author="Crowley, P. J. and Crowley, Michael J. and Dardouri, H. and Condon, K. C.",
volume="29",
number="3",
pages="191-193",
abstract="One of the three national games of Ireland, hurling is a contact team sport (15 a side) played with a metre long ash stick and a small hard leather ball. Over a 12 month period, 413 players were treated for hurling-related injuries at Cork Regional Hospital. While hand and facial trauma predominate, the proportion between the two sites has changed substantially from previous reports with a reduction in the level of facial injuries. The wearing of a helmet, and optionally a supplementary faceguard, is seen to have contributed to this trend. Despite this welcome reduction of facial injuries, a certain resistance to the use of protective headgear is evident, particularly among older players.",
language="",
issn="0306-3674",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}