1989 Volume 37 Issue 4 Pages 1544-1549
Three thousand four hundred and twenty-seven patients who had orthopedic injuries related to sports activity were treated in our hospital between May 1981 and December 1986.
There were 2335 men and 1092 women, and the ages ranged from 5 to 73. Sixty percent of the patients were in their teens and twenties.
There was a tendancy of increase of the sports injuries. Of all injuries, 815 (23.8%) were in the knee, 603 (17.6%) were in the foot and toes, and 452 (13.2%) were in the lower back.
Each sport had a concentration of injury in a specific lesion of the body.
To prevent sport injury, it is necessary that doctors have good communication with coachers particularly those who teach young people.
