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Children’s interest in golf is resulting in an unfortunate upswing in golf-related head injuries, according to a review of sports injuries treated at MCG.
A review of 2,546 patients seen by MCG pediatric neurosurgeons between 1996 and 2002 revealed 64 sports-related injuries, 15 of which were golf-related, says Dr. Scott Y. Rahimi, neurosurgery resident and lead author on the study published in the March issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery. Golf was second only to biking as the major cause of sports-related head injuries.