Boxing Injuries From an Instructional Program
- 1 September 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Physician and Sportsmedicine
- Vol. 14 (9) , 81-89
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00913847.1986.11709169
Abstract
In brief: Boxing is a controversial sport, and numerous reports have been published about injuries in professional and amateur bouts. No reports have been made, however, about injuries sustained when boxing is part of an educational program. At the US Military Academy in West Point, New York, boxing is an integral part of the physical development and sports program for male cadets. However, because of the program's safeguards, few serious injuries occur. This paper describes the safeguards as well as the injury pattern at the academy over a two-year period (1983–84 and 1984–85). About 2,100 cadets received boxing instruction during that time, with an injury rate of less than 4%.Keywords
This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Amateur Boxing Injuries at the 1981 and 1982 USA/ABF National ChampionshipsThe Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1984
- A Comparison of Game and Practice Injuries in High School FootballThe Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1983
- Wrestling Injuries in North Carolina High SchoolsThe Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1983