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. 1984 Jun;18(2):116-21.
doi: 10.1136/bjsm.18.2.116.

Attendances at a casualty department for sport related injuries

P J Bedford, D C Macauley

Attendances at a casualty department for sport related injuries

P J Bedford et al. Br J Sports Med. 1984 Jun.

Abstract

In a prospective study over a period of 5 months (July-November, 1982), 506 patients were treated at a District General Hospital for a sports related injury. All the patients were seen initially in the Casualty Department and the majority of attendances (58%) were due to injuries caused by the two principal contact sports--Association and Rugby football. There were 294 patients (58%) aged 21 or less and 45 (9%) were aged 15. The study was intended to provide a summary that would quantify the local problem and assess both the efficacy of the existing system and the need for a specialist sports injury service.

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