Children's Ice Hockey Injuries

Physical Maturity and Concussion Symptom Duration among Adolescent Ice Hockey Players

“…Although our finding of lighter-weight males experiencing prolonged concussion is consistent with prior studies investigating risk factors for injury in youth ice hockey players, [11][12][13] our finding of heavier-weight females experiencing prolonged concussion is a novel result. Upon further investigation, our author group determined that in 2 of these 3 youth ice hockey studies, >98% and 100% of study participants were male, respectively.…”

Injury Rates, Risk Factors, and Mechanisms of Injury in Minor Hockey

“…Injury rates reported in players younger than 18 years range considerably owing to variance in injury definitions, ages, league rules, exposure, and methods of surveillance (range, 1.9–75 injuries/100 players). 3,5,6,18,19 Our rate of 30.02 injuries per 100 players per season is consistent with the findings of Brust et al 3 in a similar age group, using a similar injury definition, of 34.7 injuries per 100 players per season. Despite the low overall injury rate found by Willer et al, 19 it should be noted that age-specific rates of injury in Pee Wee and Bantam age groups, in which body checking is allowed, were consistent with our findings.…”

“…Our findings are consistent with other studies in which the risk of injury was greater in older age groups. 3,17 Furthermore, Willer et al 19 reported higher injury rates for the most elite levels of play in the same age group, with the same body checking rules, similar to our findings in Pee Wee and Bantam. This may be a result of increased intensity and speed of play in higher divisions, particularly in age groups in which size differential is the greatest.…”

“…We found that more than 40% of injuries resulted in the inability to play hockey for more than 7 days. This is a greater proportion than that found by Brust et al 3 However, 56% of their injuries resulted in ≤1-day time loss, compared with <30% in our study, suggesting more minor injuries being captured in their study.…”

Risk of injury associated with bodychecking experience among youth hockey players

“…6,25 Mechanisms, location and type of injury were also consistent with findings of other studies. 6,11,25 A history of injury in the past year increased the risk of injury, and a history of concussion increased the risk of concussion, similar to findings of other reports. 26 These risk factors may be related to incomplete healing or rehabilitation or to susceptibility to injury based on other factors (e.g., genetics, on-ice behaviours).…”