title: Golf-related injuries seen at hospital emergency departments.
abstract: Golf-related injuries are reported for 300 patients attending emergency departments of south-east Queensland hospitals over a six and a half year period. The main mechanisms of golf-related injury were being hit by a club (37%), hit by a ball (28%), sprains/strains (9.67%) and slips/falls (7%). For adult players, the main source of injury was being hit by a ball, while for children and adolescents being struck by a golf club accounted for 77 percent of hospital presentations. In the total study group, 46 people (15%) were admitted to hospital following their presentation at the emergency departments. Injury prevention and player education strategies are suggested as a means of reducing injuries in this popular sport.
authors.affiliation: National Reference Centre for Classification in Health, School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wilks
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003625:Data Collection; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006055:Golf / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence