Journal article
Sports injuries and illnesses during the London Summer Olympic Games 2012
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The Olympic Movement Medical Code encourages all stakeholders to ensure that sport is practised without danger to the health of the athletes. Systematic surveillance of injuries and illnesses is the foundation for developing preventive measures in sport.
AIM: To analyse the injuries and illnesses that occurred during the Games of the XXX Olympiad, held in London in 2012.
Authors
Engebretsen L; Soligard T; Steffen K; Alonso JM; Aubry M; Budgett R; Dvorak J; Jegathesan M; Meeuwisse WH; Mountjoy M
Journal
British Journal of Sports Medicine, Vol. 47, No. 7,
Publisher
BMJ
Publication Date
May 2013
DOI
10.1136/bjsports-2013-092380
ISSN
0306-3674