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an Iranian group published in this issue 1 (see page 168) shows that catastrophic injuries are rare, 2/100 000 wrestlers per year. However, the sport is extremely popular in countries like Iran and other East Asian countries, and needs public focus on injury prevention. In their paper, the authors attempt to identify major risk factors for catastrophic wrestling injuries, which for the future will play an essential role in affecting rule changes and thereby hopefully injury prevention, too.
Engebretsen et al. (Mon,) studied this question.