Head and neck injuries in college football. An eight-year analysis
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Kopf- und Halsverletzungen beim College-Football. Eine 8-Jahres-Analyse |
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Autor: | Albright, John P.; McAuley, Edward; Martin, Robert K.; Crowley, Edwald T.; Foster, Danny T. |
Erschienen in: | The American journal of sports medicine |
Veröffentlicht: | 13 (1985), 3, S. 147-152, Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 0363-5465, 1552-3365 |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU198506024469 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract
The present study documented head and neck injuries in a study group of 342 college football players at a single institution for a period of 8 years. All freshmen players were screened for evidence of: (1) past history of head and neck injuries, and (2) abnormalities of the cervical spine of physical examination and x-ray film. By recording all head injuries and those neck injuries with time loss, incidence rates and pattern of injury incurred in college competition were determined. A total of 175 head and neck injuries were sustained by 100 players over the 8 year period. Those players with abnormal findings on screening examination were twice as likely to have a head or neck injury at some point in their college careers as those players with a normal screening examination. The greater the degree of abnormality on freshman screening examination, the more severe the neck injury in college was likely to be. Twenty-nine percent of all players in the study group sustained a head or neck injury during their college careers. The probability of a subsequent head or neck injury escalated sharply following a single incident. The overall incidence of injury was found to have been dramatically reduced over the 8 years. Verf.-Referat