@article{ref1,
title="The hazards of watching football--are Australians at risk?",
journal="Medical journal of Australia",
year="2006",
author="Bauman, Adrian E. and van der Ploeg, Hidde P. and Chey, Tien and Sholler, Gary",
volume="185",
number="11-12",
pages="684-686",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To review whether watching football increases the population cardiac event risk in New South Wales. DESIGN: Analysis of hospital admissions for acute myocardial infarction, other cardiovascular disease, and other acute injuries at the time of two stressful sporting events in NSW in 2005: the Sydney Swans playing in the Australian Football League (AFL) Grand Final, and the Socceroos' penalty shoot-out in their World Cup qualifying match against Uruguay. RESULTS: There were no increases in any of the studied admission events at the time of, or in the days immediately following, these football matches. CONCLUSIONS: Australians appear to be resistant to acute stressors associated with watching sporting events, possibly due to higher rates of motivational deficiency disorder (MoDeD) than in European populations.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0025-729X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}