@article{ref1,
title="Auricular injury and the use of headgear in wrestlers",
journal="Archives of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery",
year="1989",
author="Schuller, D. E. and Dankle, S. K. and Martin, M. and Strauss, R. H.",
volume="115",
number="6",
pages="714-717",
abstract="Questionnaires designed to assess attitudes and use of headgear were completed by 537 Division I collegiate wrestlers. Only 35.2% of the wrestlers wore headgear all of the time during practice as opposed to 92.4% during competition, which was a statistically significant difference. The most common reason for not wearing headgear was discomfort (35%). There were 482 participating in nonschool team events, and 203 (42%) described headgear use as "seldom or never." However, there was a statistically significant difference of developing auricular hematoma while wearing headgear (26%) vs not wearing headgear (52%). There were 208 (39%) who reported a permanent auricular deformity resulting from an injury that occurred with (10.6%) or without (26.6%) headgear. These results suggest that headgear provides only partial protection and that nonuse is widespread, causing a surprisingly high frequency of permanent auricular deformities.",
language="",
issn="0886-4470",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}