TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1985//
TI  - Heavy head trauma and football: report of six cases
JO  - Italian journal of sports traumatology
A1  - Gentile, SL
A1  - Datti, R
A1  - Cavagnaro, GR
A1  - Pau, Allan
SP  - 215
EP  - 219
VL  - 7
IS  - 3
N2  - The authors report 6 cases of head trauma consequent to football (soccer) game. In 5 cases, the trauma resulted from a direct encounter with another player, in one case it rose due to a header given to the ball soaked with rain. The post-traumatic cerebral pathology was represented by subdural haematoma (2 cases), epidural haematoma (2 cases), haemorragic contusion (2 cases). It is outlined the importance of an immediate hospitalization in a neurosurgical centre, each time a football player has suffered a head trauma.     <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0391-4089
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -