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Use of Head Guards in AIBA Boxing Tournaments—A Cross-Sectional Observational Study

Overview of attention for article published in Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, January 2017
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Title
Use of Head Guards in AIBA Boxing Tournaments—A Cross-Sectional Observational Study
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Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, January 2017
DOI 10.1097/jsm.0000000000000322
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Michael P. Loosemore, Charles F. Butler, Abdelhamid Khadri, David McDonagh, Vimal A. Patel, Julian E. Bailes

Abstract

This study looks at the changes in injuries after the implementation of a new rule by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) to remove head guards from its competitions. A cross-sectional observational study performed prospectively. This brief report examines the removal of head guards in 2 different ways. The first was to examine the stoppages due to blows to the head by comparing World Series Boxing (WSB), without head guards, to other AIBA competitions with head guards. Secondly, we examined the last 3 world championships: 2009 and 2011 (with head guards) and 2013 (without head guards). World Series Boxing and AIBA world championship boxing. Boxers from WSB and AIBA world championships. The information was recorded by ringside medical physicians. Stoppages per 10 000 rounds; stoppages per 1000 hours. Both studies show that the number of stoppages due to head blows was significantly decreased without head guards. The studies also showed that there was a notable increase in cuts. Removing head guards may reduce the already small risk of acute brain injury in amateur boxing.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 2%
Unknown 85 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 16 18%
Student > Bachelor 13 15%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 8%
Other 5 6%
Other 15 17%
Unknown 24 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Sports and Recreations 20 23%
Medicine and Dentistry 17 20%
Nursing and Health Professions 7 8%
Engineering 5 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 3%
Other 7 8%
Unknown 28 32%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 58. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 October 2023.
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#4
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