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MEDICAL ASPECTS OF SURFCRAFT USAGE
Author(s) -
Kennedy Michael,
Vanderfield Geoffrey
Publication year - 1976
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.1326-5377.1976.tb128237.x
Subject(s) - popularity , incidence (geometry) , medicine , prospective cohort study , duration (music) , medical emergency , injury prevention , emergency medicine , physical therapy , poison control , psychology , surgery , social psychology , art , literature , physics , optics
A prospective study of one year's duration on surfcraftassociated injuries recorded 399 injuries. The incidence and pattern observed was significantly different from results gathered in the same area five years earlier. The frequency of injury was found not to have increased as much as would have been expected from the increased popularity of board riding. The pattern of injury was also shown to have altered. It is concluded that, while occasional severe injuries occur, the use of surfcraft, particularly surfboards, constitutes a relatively risk‐free sport.