Insult to injury

Injury surveillance has for many years been considered fundamental to injury prevention in sport (van Mechelen et al. 1992; van Mechelen 1997; Finch 2006). The seminal paper by van...

With the exception of pugilism, head injury is not an intended objective in sport. ‘Man is his brain’, so deliberate brain injury cannot reasonably be described as ‘sport’. Head in...

Brain injury is the most common proximate cause of death in pediatric intensive care units. For children who survive critical illness, long-standing brain damage and residual brain...

Independent of criminal or contract law, Tort law provides individuals and groups with redress for injury to every dimension of life from physical injury, to property damage, to pe...

Description Brings together a collection of 20 papers from the foremost experts in the field of ice hockey safety. Updated information related to epidemiological fac...

This chapter argues that the sequence of moral practices that follow in the wake of an injury—resentment at injury, apology for injury, and forgiveness of injury—can be best unders...

Description The newest volume in this series examines 16 peer-reviewed papers that reflect the latest worldwide research in the effort to reduce the risk of injury i...

Regular physical activity in old age is widely recommended as an effective way to prevent chronic diseases and maintain well-being. Nevertheless, sports participation carries the r...