PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - P. J. Bedford
AU  - D. C. Macauley
TI  - Attendances at a casualty department for sport related injuries.
AID  - 10.1136/bjsm.18.2.116
DP  - 1984 Jun 01
TA  - British Journal of Sports Medicine
PG  - 116--121
VI  - 18
IP  - 2
4099  - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/18/2/116.short
4100  - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/18/2/116.full
SO  - Br J Sports Med1984 Jun 01; 18
AB  - 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.