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[Sudden sports deaths in the armed forces of Germany]
C Raschka1, M Parzeller, W Banzer
1Abt für Sportmedizin, Institut für Sportwissenschaften, johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/M.
Abstract:
All Soldiers are obliged to participate in sports educational programs of the services, with the exception of severe restrictions due to individual health problems. During sports activities from 1/1989 to 12/1995 7 soldiers died, 3 (i.e. 43%) during soccer games. Based on a troops strength of 370,000 men, we found a yearly incidence of 0.27 sports deaths/100,000 soldiers. This result correlates with the incidence of sports deaths of club athletes in the greatest European sports death study.