TY - JOUR T1 - Abdominal injuries and sport. JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - 155 LP - 160 DO - 10.1136/bjsm.33.3.155 VL - 33 IS - 3 AU - J M Ryan Y1 - 1999/06/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/33/3/155.abstract N2 - Serious abdominal injuries resulting from sport are rare. The potential for misdiagnosis is significant and the consequences may be serious. Patients with abdominal pain should be taken very seriously and investigated with appropriate diagnostic equipment. Sporting bodies have a responsibility to address safety within a particular sport and to change the rules where necessary as injury patterns are identified. ER -