Balancing sport risk and health benefits.
editorial · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.3810/psm.1999.06.891.
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Abstract
A substantial part of our work as physicians involves treating sport- and exercise-related injuries. We also recommend exercise, knowing that it will result in a certain number of acute and overuse injuries. As team physicians, we attend competitive events despite awareness that participants in certain sports run a high risk of significant harm. So then, where do we stand in relation to the Hippocratic Oath: "First do no harm"?