RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Value of wearing head protection gear while playing hurling.
JF British Journal of Sports Medicine
JO Br J Sports Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
SP 191
OP 193
DO 10.1136/bjsm.29.3.191
VO 29
IS 3
A1 Crowley, P J
A1 Crowley, M J
A1 Dardouri, H
A1 Condon, K C
YR 1995
UL http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/29/3/191.abstract
AB One of the three national games of Ireland, hurling is a contact team sport (15 a side) played with a metre long ash stick and a small hard leather ball. Over a 12 month period, 413 players were treated for hurling-related injuries at Cork Regional Hospital. While hand and facial trauma predominate, the proportion between the two sites has changed substantially from previous reports with a reduction in the level of facial injuries. The wearing of a helmet, and optionally a supplementary faceguard, is seen to have contributed to this trend. Despite this welcome reduction of facial injuries, a certain resistance to the use of protective headgear is evident, particularly among older players.