Hi Bill,
There isn't a whole lot of data out there on fencing injuries. What I=20
knew about, I included in my previous posting on January 30. Here it is=20
again for reference:
> You should also emphasize that fencing is statistically safer than=20
> *all *other major high school varsity sports, including cheerleading=20
> (four high school cheerleading fatalities in the 20-year period ending=20
> 2002-2003). For data see:
> /Epidemiology of Sports Injuries, /Caine, Caine, and Linder (eds),=20
> Chapter 12 "Fencing", by Zemper and Harmer
> http://www.exra.org/FencingChptr.htm
> and
> /Journal of Athletic Training /(1999, 34(3):277-284, "Injury Patterns=20
> in Selected High School Sports: A Review of the 1995-1997 Seasons", by=20
> Powell and Barber-Foss.
> http://www.nata.org/downloads/injury...johnpowell.pdf
> and
> 21st Annual Report of the National Center for Catastrophic Sport=20
> Injury Research
> http://www.unc.edu/depts/nccsi/AllSport.htm
Additionally, here is data from the 1992 USFA fencing injury survey in=20
an article from American Fencing magazine called "What Hurts and Why":
http://www.exra.org/FENCINGarticle.htm
With these sources, you should be able to put together an=20
"apples-to-apples" comparison of fencing vs. any other major high school=20
sport on the basis of athlete-exposures.
Good luck,
-Michael Heggen
Salem Classical Fencing
http://salem.classicalfencing.us classicalfencing@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>Message: 1=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20
> Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 12:16:16 -0800
> From: "Bill Pirkle" <pirkle@zipcon.net>
>Subject: injury statistics
>
>Thanks everyone for your feedback on "where to fence". As you may remember=
I am in a fight with the school district over using school facilities for =
fencing. These bureaucrats are sooooooo stupid.
>
>Now I need to find an Internet site that compares fencing accidents to oth=
er sports, particularily high school football.
>
>I thank you for any help with this.
>
>Our club had its first meeting yesterday in a city park. It was 40 degrees=
outside but we still had fun. Park had green grass, huge trees, by a lake =
with ducks and sea gulls. It was like fencing in the 18th century, very rom=
antic.
>
>Bill PIrkle
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