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Cheerleading - The Most Dangerous Sport for Women
August 20th 2008 04:22
Cheerleading is being heralded as the most dangerous sport that females athletes can partake in after an American report reveled that it is responsible for as many as two thirds of serious school-sports injuries.
The story was given broad coverage by Time Magazine this month but does not really cause alarm for me. Although the study does show that there are significant injuries to cheerleaders, it does not take into account the proportion of cheerleaders that compete compared to other sports.
Regardless, it is astounding that there are no established regulations for reporting cheerleading injuries, "there are definitely more accidents out there that we haven't even heard about yet," says the study's lead author, Fred Mueller.
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Cheerleading Injury
The story was given broad coverage by Time Magazine this month but does not really cause alarm for me. Although the study does show that there are significant injuries to cheerleaders, it does not take into account the proportion of cheerleaders that compete compared to other sports.
Regardless, it is astounding that there are no established regulations for reporting cheerleading injuries, "there are definitely more accidents out there that we haven't even heard about yet," says the study's lead author, Fred Mueller.
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