@article{ref1,
title="Sports injuries as seen at an accident and emergency department",
journal="Scottish medical journal",
year="1988",
author="Pickard, M. A. and Tullett, W. M. and Patel, A. R.",
volume="33",
number="4",
pages="296-297",
abstract="We present certain characteristics of 1,000 consecutive patients who attended an Accident and Emergency Department (A&E) with an injury sustained as a result of sport. The majority of injuries occurred as a result of football (soccer). Sports injuries had a higher requirement of X-ray than general trauma patients. A minority were treated at the site of injury. A fifth of patients required no treatment or a simple dressing. Commonest treatment was a support bandage. Only 2% required immediate in-patient treatment. Those affected by sports injuries tend to be young and of working age and may lose work time as a result of their injuries and therefore appropriate treatment is justified.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0036-9330",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}