Research finds injuries to professional athletes from routine play or practice often reported as 'freak accidents' in me
Monday, February 13, 2012 - 06:30
in Health & Medicine
(Medical Xpress) -- A new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy finds injuries to professional athletes from routine play or practice are often characterized as freak accidents in the media, and fewer than one in 10 news stories on injury events framed as "freak accidents" include a prevention message. It is the first published study examining how the phrase is used in media, and is published in the current issue of Injury Prevention.