A survey of sports injuries in Birmingham

7% of the injuries presenting to the Birmingham Accident Hospital during 1975 occurred during sport. Of those injuries which could be classified 98.3% were due to extrinsic causes. These figures would not seem to justify a sports injury clinic. However we believe that this presents the service avail...

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Veröffentlicht in:	British journal of sports medicine 1977-04, Vol.11 (1), p.12-15
Hauptverfasser:	Crompton, B., Tubbs, N.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Athletic Injuries - classification Athletic Injuries - epidemiology Athletic Injuries - etiology Child Child, Preschool England Female Humans Infant Male Middle Aged Sex Factors
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Zusammenfassung:	7% of the injuries presenting to the Birmingham Accident Hospital during 1975 occurred during sport. Of those injuries which could be classified 98.3% were due to extrinsic causes. These figures would not seem to justify a sports injury clinic. However we believe that this presents the service available rather than the service required.
ISSN:	0306-3674 1473-0480
DOI:	10.1136/bjsm.11.1.12