Boxing Injuries on the Rise; Youth Head Injury Rates Also Concerning
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 11:00
in Health & Medicine
The risk and nature of injury in the sport of boxing has generated a great deal of controversy in the medical community, especially in relation to youth boxing. A new study, conducted by researchers in the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, examined boxing injuries among participants 6 years of age and older from 1990 to 2008.