Female Boxing Injuries: Female boxing safer than expected
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Female boxing is no more dangerous than any other female impact sports. That is the encouraging conclusion of a new survey from Italy, where female boxing has been permitted since 2001 but is still regarded as ‘an experimental sport’ (‘Medical survey of female boxing in Italy in 2002-2003’, Br J Sports Med 2005;39:532-536).
The survey of all female boxing competitions in Italy between January 2002 and October 2003 was made up of two elements:
A retrospective study of medical examinations after all competitions involving female boxers, both amateur and professional, including foreign boxers fighting in Italy and Italian boxers fighting abroad. This data eventually comprised a total of 343 bouts involving 664 boxers;
A prospective study of 28 amateur female boxers affiliated to the Italian Boxing Federation (FPI) in the Lazio region – the most active regional boxing committee in Italy. This part of the study mainly considered injuries to the breast and reproductive system, eyes, ears, nose and throat.
 | Author: | whatsnew (whatsnew's profile, whatsnew's blog) |
 | Posted On: | Friday, 3rd November '06, 5:14pm |
 | Tags: | Injury, Research Findings and Sports |
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