Erratum to: Editorial: Do Orthopaedic Surgeons Belong on the Sidelines at American Football Games?. Issue 12 (December 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Leopold, Seth S.; Dobbs, Matthew B.; Gebhardt, Mark C.; Gioe, Terence J.; Rimnac, Clare M.; Wongworawat, Montri D.
• Is Part Of: Clinical orthopaedics and related research. Volume 475:Issue 12(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-12
• Subjects: Orthopedic surgery -- Periodicals; Orthopedics -- Periodicals; Orthopedics -- Research -- Periodicals; Orthopedics -- Periodicals; Research -- Periodicals; Chirurgie orthopédique -- Périodiques; 616.7005
• DOI: 10.1007/s11999-017-5508-1
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0009-921X

Abstract

Abstract : N/A: In the November Editorial, "Editorial: Do Orthopaedic Surgeons Belong on the Sidelines at American Football Games?" a statistic was attributed to a JAMA study (Ref. 10) that should have been attributed to an article from the New York Times (Ref. 16). The sentence in question should read: "We accept that critique, provided that the skeptics acknowledge that the best‐case estimate in support of the safety of football would result in a CTE prevalence estimate of 9%, since only another 1200 ex‐NFL players have died [16] since this research group [10] began studying football players' brains."