Fatalities and Catastrophic Injuries in Football
- 1 October 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Physician and Sportsmedicine
- Vol. 10 (10) , 135-140
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00913847.1982.11947346
Abstract
Football fatality and catastrophic injury data for 1976 through 1981 are compared with earlier data. The purpose is to analyze the data in regard to rule and equipment changes that have taken place in football since 1976 and to demonstrate the reduction in fatalities and catastrophic injuries. Fatality data for 1981 show five high school and two college fatalities. In 1981 there were five permanent spinal cord injuries in high schools and one in college.Keywords
This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- The National Football Head and Neck Injury RegistryPublished by American Medical Association (AMA) ,1979