TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1980//
TI  - Serious head injury in sport
JO  - British medical journal: BMJ
A1  - Lindsay, K. W.
A1  - McLatchie, G.
A1  - Jennett, B.
SP  - 789
EP  - 791
VL  - 281
IS  - 6243
N2  - Of 1900 head injuries serious enough to be admitted to the neurosurgical unit in Glasgow over a five year period, 52 (2.7%) were due to "sport." Golf, horse-riding, and Association football (soccer) were the sports most commonly linked with serious head injury. Golfing injuries were all compound depressed fractures, and all these patients made a good recovery; horse-riding produced more severe injuries, three of the eight patients being left with residual disability. Much attention has been directed to preventing repeated minor head injury in boxing, but this study emphasises the need for preventing both the primary head injury and secondary complications associated with other sports.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0959-8138
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -