Boxing: Medical care in and out of the ring

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 317-321

  Gambrell, Robert C ^a  

^a Sports Medicine Associates of Augusta   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ATHLETE; BOXING; CONCUSSION; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT INJURY; MEDICAL CARE; PAIN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; SPORT; SPRAIN; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BOXING; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN INJURIES; EYE INJURIES; FACIAL INJURIES; HAND INJURIES; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORTS MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34948893534     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11932-007-0069-9     Document Type: Review

References (24)

1. Sports history: early boxing (to 1838). HickokSports.com. http://www.hickoksports.com/history/boxing01.shtml. Accessed July 13, 2007.
2. Boxing. Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing. Accessed July 13, 2007.
3. Zazryn T, Cameron P, McCrory P: A prospective cohort study of injury in amateur and professional boxing. Br J Sports Med 2006, 40:670-674.
4. Bianco M, Pannozzo A, Fabbricatore C, et al.: Medical survey of female boxing in Italy in 2002-2003. Br J Sports Med 2005, 39:532-536.
5. Bledsoe GH, Li G, Levy F: Injury risk in professional boxing. South Med J 2005, 98:994-998.
6. Zazryn TR, Finch CF, McCrory P: A 16 year study of injuries to professional boxers in the state of Victoria, Australia. Br J Sports Med 2003, 37:321-324.
7. Porter M, O'Brien M: Incidence and severity of injuries resulting from amateur boxing in Ireland. Clin J Sport Med 1996, 6:97-101.
8. Arai K, Toh S, Nakahara K, Nishikawa S, Harata S: Treatment of soft tissue injuries to the dorsum of the metacarpophalangeal joint (boxer's knuckle). J Hand Surg [Br] 2002, 27:90-95.
9. Guterman A, Smith RW: Neurological sequelae of boxing. Sports Med 1987, 4:194-210.
10. Miele VJ, Bailes JE, Cantu RC, Rabb CH: Subdural hematomas in boxing: the spectrum of consequences. Neurosurg Focus 2006, 21:E10.
11. Toth C, McNeil S, Feasby T: Central nervous system injuries in sport and recreation: a systematic review. Sports Med 2005, 35:685-715.
12. Jordan B: Chronic traumatic brain injury associated with boxing. Semin Neurol 2000, 20:179-185.
13. Moriarity J, Collie A, Olson D, et al.: A prospective controlled study of cognitive function during an amateur boxing tournament. Neurology 2004, 62:1497-1502.
14. Ravdin LD, Barr WB, Jordan B, et al.: Assessment of cognitive recovery following sports related head trauma in boxers. Clin J Sport Med 2003, 13:21-27.
15. Stewart WF, Gordon B, Seines O, et al.: Prospective study of central nervous system function in amateur boxers in the United States. Am J Epidemiol 1994, 139:573-588.
16. Porter MD: A 9-year controlled prospective neuropsychological assessment of amateur boxing. Clin J Sport Med 2003, 13:339-352.
17. Jako P: Safety measures in amateur boxing. Br J Sports Med 2002, 36:394-395.
18. 2006 USA Boxing Rulebook. USA Boxing Web site. http://www.usaboxing.org/TechnicalRules.pdf. Accessed July 13, 2007. Essential reference for ringside physician covering amateur boxing. Contains technical rules for amateur boxing including Article VII: Physicians, Safety Precautions, and Boxing Officials.
19. Cantu RC: Boxing and medicine. Champaign: Human Kinetics; 1995:11-16.
20. Clausen H, McCrory P, Anderson V: The risk of chronic brain injury in professional boxing: change in exposure variables over the past century. Br J Sports Med 2005, 39:661-664.
21. Miele VJ, Bailes JE: Objectifying when to halt a boxing match: a video analysis of fatalities. Neurosurgery 2007, 60:307-315.
22. Kordi R, Wallace WA: Blood borne infections in sport: risks of transmission, methods of prevention, and recommendations for hepatitis B vaccination. Br J Sports Med 2004, 38:678-684.
23. Beltrami EM, Williams IT, Shapiro CN, et al.: Risk and management of blood-borne infections in health care workers. Clin Microbiol Rev 2000, 13:385-407.
24. BourliAre M, Halfon P, Quentin Y, et al.: Covert transmission of hepatitis C virus during bloody fisticuffs. Gastroenterology 2000, 119:507-511.