Rugby football injuries.
Open Access
- 1 April 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in British Journal of Sports Medicine
- Vol. 11 (1), 4-6
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.11.1.4
Abstract
A review of one thousand injuries due to Rugby Football is reported. There is a high incidence of fracture (15.7%) and head injury of various types (14.0%) in this series although only four adults required immediate hospital admission for the head injury.Keywords
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