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Author(s) -
R S TAGGART
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1959.tb88921.x
Subject(s) - citation , computer science , information retrieval , library science
ONE of Australia's most recent contributions to civilization has been the cult of the hula-hoop,which has swept through a number of countriesin epidemic fa.shion, affecting not only the very young, but surprisingly, the not so young. The membersof the former group generally possessan agility which enables them to perform the necessarygyrations without harm. The matter is not so simple for those intrepid souls in the second group who undertake this form of exercise while out of condition. Warnings have already been given in the lay Press that this procedure is inadvisable. Now comes a cautionary tale from as far away as France. J. Vernhet, from Montpellier,1 reports the case of a young woman, aged 34 years, who tried her hips at hula-hooping one evening, after having during the day carried on her usual occupation of heavy farm work. She was in excellent physical condition, and her abdominal musculature was particularly strong. (This fact was confirmed later, at operation.) After a few minutes of her new activity she SUddenly felt a sharp, stabbing pain in the periumbilical region, so severe that she doubled up. However, she contented herself