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- Title
The hazards of watching football — are Australians at risk?
- Authors
Bauman, Adrian E; Ploeg, Hidde P; Chey, Tien; Sholler, Gary
- Abstract
Objective: To review whether watching football increases the population cardiac event risk in New South Wales. Design: Analysis of hospital admissions for acute myocardial infarction, other cardiovascular disease, and other acute injuries at the time of two stressful sporting events in NSW in 2005: the Sydney Swans playing in the Australian Football League (AFL) Grand Final, and the Socceroos' penalty shoot‐out in their World Cup qualifying match against Uruguay. Results: There were no increases in any of the studied admission events at the time of, or in the days immediately following, these football matches. Conclusions: Australians appear to be resistant to acute stressors associated with watching sporting events, possibly due to higher rates of motivational deficiency disorder (MoDeD) than in European populations.
- Publication
Medical Journal of Australia, 2006, Vol 185, Issue 11/12, p684
- ISSN
0025-729X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00765.x