• Current Issue
  • About Surfing Medicine
    • History
    • About
    • Team
    • Submissions
  • Authors
    • Information for Authors
    • A Call for Submissions
  • Surfer’s Medical Association
  • Archive (1987-2011)

Posts tagged Head Injury

Concussions in Surfers

Oct 30, 2013 ~ Written by Margaret Donlon, MD, MPH

Overview Head and neck injuries are the most common type of surfing injury, accounting for 37% of all injuries (Nathanson et al., 2002). The majority of these are superficial trauma or lacerations, but more severe injuries such as concussions represented 16% of injuries to the head and neck in Nathanson’s survey-based study. It is suspected […]

~ read more ~
Posted in Acute Surfing Injury, Chronic Surfing Injury - Tagged Concussion, Surfing

Fall 2021 Issue #34 Table of Contents

  • Letter from the Editor
  • Impact of SMA Conferences on Wellbeing
  • Surfing and Health in the Covid-19 Era: A Narrative Review
  • Case Report: Femur Fracture in a Kitesurfer
  • Images in Surfing Medicine
  • Characteristics of Surfers as Bystander Rescuers in Europe
  • Acute Injuries in Surfing: A Systematic Review
  • Mag Bay 2021

Past Issues

Browse by Category

  • Acute Surfing Injury (19)
  • Assorted Flotsam and Jetsam (6)
  • Case Report (13)
  • Chronic Surfing Injury (8)
  • Conference Report (1)
  • Conferences (1)
  • Environmental Injury (10)
  • History of Surfing Medicine (2)
  • Images in Surfing Medicine (1)
  • Infectious Disease (5)
  • Letter from the Editor (9)
  • Literature Review (9)
  • Original Research (6)
  • Other (3)
  • Rehabilitation (2)
  • Surfing Conferences (6)
  • Travel Medicine (5)
  • Uncategorized (1)

Most Popular

  • Sea Ulcers 447 views
  • Case Report: A Nicaraguan Stowaway 75 views
  • Larger Than Life, Don James, MD 68 views
  • Surfing and Health in the Covid-19 Era: A Narrative Review 48 views

Tag Cloud

Abscess ACL repair Aging Auditory Exostosis Big Wave Surfing Botfly Central America Concussion Conference Report Dangerous Marine Animals Dermatobium Homonis Drowning Evacuation External Auditory Exostosis Femur fractur Head Injury injury kitesurfing Knee Injury Literature review: Surfing Injuries Marine Envenomations Message from Editor Nambila Paddle Out Ceremony Palliative Care Pro Surfing Rehabilitation Sea Ulcer Stingray Summer Surfer's Ear Surfing Surfing Death Surfing Injury Surfing Therapy Swimmer's Ear Tavarua Veterans Vets

Copyright Notice

All written content on this website is the copyright of the Surfer's Medical Association. Material may not be reproduced for commercial or non-commercial uses without express permission from editor. Contact the Editor to request the appropriate permission.

© 2013

Contact the Editor

Contact the editor at [email protected]

Join SMA

Learn more about Surfer's Medical Association
Top