This study was designed to determine whether fewer and less serious injuries result from participation in touch football as compared with flag football. A survey was taken of 30 flag football games and 30 touch football games and the incidence of injuries was recorded on a checklist. Results of the survey suggest the following: (a) intramural or…

This catalog provides information on free 16 mm films dealing with a wide variety of individual and team sports, such as football, golf, water sports, snow sports, racing, and baseball, as well as on general sports competition and safety. Unless otherwise noted, the films are in color and with sound. Titles are listed alphabetically under their…

A solution to the problem of sports-related student injuries is to designate one faculty member as athletic trainer in order to organize personnel, equipment, and procedures. (Author)

Bicycle-related injuries and deaths are a significant child health problem that family physicians and pediatricians can help prevent. Children should be required to wear protective helmets and to learn good safety practices. (Author)

The article discusses secondary education for head-injured adolescents with recommendations for their reentry into secondary schools and; postsecondary education for head-injured young adults with recommendations for entry into postsecondary institutions. Three case studies illustrate applications of such recommendations as staff training…

A group of physicians meet to discuss a case in which a middle-aged tennis player suffers from low back pain. The diagnosis, treatment and management of the case are discussed. The article is one in an occasional series. (JL)

To identify factors which cause shin soreness in athletes, 25 injured exercisers and a control group of 25 uninjured exercisers were studied. Methodology and results are presented and analyzed. Differences in calcium intake between the two groups is cited as a key factor in causing shin soreness. (JL)

Process analysis provides a way to analyze the antecedents, stages of response, and consequences of injury-risk situations. It may aid scientists in conceptualizing these situations and provide additional methods of assessing intervention strategies. Examples of such an assessment system and a discussion of its advantages are presented. (VM)

A comprehensive injury surveillance system enables local administrators to effectively target their countermeasures, thereby reducing injury risk and increasing the benefits of athletic competition and leisure activity. This article offers a guide to such a system. (MT)

A sports medicine survey of 119 public high schools in Alabama showed smaller schools at a disadvantage in offering health care for athletes relative to larger schools. Many schools rated the delivery and quality of medical care to the athletes as fair to very poor. (MT)

Snowmobile accidents and resulting casualties in Wisconsin were surveyed from 1973 to 1982. Results of the survey are presented and recommendations to further reduce accidents are offered. (MT)

Traumatic head injury may have physical, cognitive-intellectual, and personality-emotional aspects. Rehabilitation planning should take into account the typical course of recovery, enhance goal attainment and incorporate skill training or retraining, and include ongoing assessment along with counseling. Rehabilitation resources for this population…

Elizabeth Wong, MT-BC presents tools and information designed to arm the entry-level music therapist (or an experienced MT-BC new to rehabilitation settings) with basic knowledge and materials to develop or work in a music therapy program treating people with stroke, brain injury, and those who are ventilator dependent. Ms. Wong offers goals and…

This CD-ROM offers 140 different stretches in full-motion video sequences. It focuses on the proper techniques for overall physical fitness, injury prevention and rehabilitation, and 23 different sports (e.g., golf, running, soccer, skiing, climbing, football, and baseball). Topics include stretching for sports; stretching awareness and education…