Citation

McCarthy T, Crushell E, Synnott K, Kiely P, McCormack D. Ir. Med. J. 2005; 98(3): 84.

Affiliation

Department of Orthopedics, The Children's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. tomcc@eircom.net

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Winstone Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15869066

Abstract

Television (TV) broadcast wrestling series have become very popular amongst Irish children in recent years. Over a four-month study period, 2.3% of injuries seen at a busy pediatric fracture clinic were attributable to play-wrestling. The mean age was 9.5 years (range 4-15 years). All of the children had been role-playing wrestlers and imitating wrestling "moves" seen on TV. None had formal training in wrestling or martial arts. The commonest injury was fracture of the distal radius (7/13). One child required general anasthetic for manipulation of a dorsally displaced fracture of radius. All other injuries were treated conservatively and resolved without sequelae.