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Beware the boogie board: blunt abdominal trauma from bodyboarding
Kelvin L Choo1, John B Hansen, Deborah M Bailey
1Department of Paediatrics, Child Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD.
The Medical Journal of Australia
|May 16, 2002
Abstract:
Riding waves on a bodyboard (boogie board) at the beach is popular with children. Three teenagers who sustained blunt abdominal trauma during bodyboarding are described. Two suffered lacerated livers, one a lacerated spleen. Serious blunt abdominal injuries from bodyboarding mishaps have not previously been reported. The usual method of riding a bodyboard may place the rider at risk of abdominal trauma.