Athletic Injuries
- 20 August 1964
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 271 (8) , 411-413
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm196408202710809
Abstract
ORGANIZED school and college athletic activities today can become a substitute for the adventurous challenge formerly inherent in frontier life. They may also replace the potentially hazardous experiences associated with street drag racing and unsupervised sandlot and playground games. All supervised sports, especially team activities, provide opportunities to cope with danger, enhance the value of work and teach self-sacrifice, courage and perseverance. Thus, sports are an important part in the education of a whole personality. They can cause serious injury, however.In 1932 injury surveys were made by me for all sports in college. Also, special injury surveys were made . . .Keywords
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