Injuries in Canadian high school boys’ collision sports: insights across football, ice hockey, lacrosse, and rugby

West, Stephen W; Pankow, Mark Patrick; Gibson, Eric; Eliason, Paul; Black, Amanda M.

doi:10.1007/s11332-022-00999-w

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“…[15][16][17] Subjectively, players have reported more any injury occurrence during contact with a larger player than them in boy's collision sports. 27 Nonetheless, information gained from this study has the potential to inform the formulation and design of shoulder injury prevention strategies and future body checking policies that will make youth sport a safer space for youth ice hockey players.…”

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Shoulder Check: Investigating Shoulder Injury Rates, Types, Severity, Mechanisms, and Risk Factors in Canadian Youth Ice Hockey

Gibson

Eliason

West

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Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

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Objective: To describe shoulder-related injury rates (IRs), types, severity, mechanisms, and risk factors in youth ice hockey players during games and practices. Design: Secondary analysis of data from a 5-year prospective cohort study, Safe-to-Play (2013-2018). Setting: Canadian youth ice hockey. Participants: Overall, 6584 player-seasons (representing 4417 individual players) participated. During this period, 118 shoulder-related games and 12 practice injuries were reported. Assessment of Risk Factors: An exploratory multivariable mixed-effects Poisson regression model examined the risk factors of body checking policy, weight, biological sex, history of injury in the past 12 months, and level of play. Main Outcome Measures: Injury surveillance data were collected from 2013 to 2018. Injury rates with 95% confidence interval (CI) were estimated using Poisson regression. Results: The shoulder IR was 0.35 injuries/1000 game-hours (95% CI, 0.24-0.49). Two-thirds of game injuries (n = 80, 70%) resulted in >8 days of time-loss, and more than one-third (n = 44, 39%) resulted in >28 days of time-loss. An 83% lower rate of shoulder injury was associated with policy prohibiting body checking compared with leagues allowing body checking (incidence rate ratio [IRR], 0.17; 95% CI, 0.09-0.33). A higher shoulder IR was observed for those who reported any injury in the last 12-months compared with those with no history (IRR, 2.00; 95% CI, 1.33-3.01). Conclusions: Most shoulder injuries resulted in more than 1 week of time-loss. Risk factors for shoulder injury included participation in a body-checking league and recent history of injury. Further study of prevention strategies specific to the shoulder may merit further consideration in ice hockey.

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Shoulder Check: Investigating Shoulder Injury Rates, Types, Severity, Mechanisms, and Risk Factors in Canadian Youth Ice Hockey

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West

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Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

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“…In the current study, history of sport related concussions was most frequently reported in ice hockey, which is consistent in the literature. 3,5 Collegiate athletes most frequently sought knowledge within their collegiate athlete network. Those with a concussion history sought knowledge from the university athletic trainer and health services, aligning with help seeking knowledge from medical professionals when an collegiate athlete is injured.…”

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“…2 The incidence of collision sport concussions in Canadian high school boys ranges from 12.4 to 15.8 concussions per 100 athletes per year; largely due to contact with another player. 3 The rate of all sport related concussions has been reported to be higher among male and female collegiates versus high school athletes. 4 Furthermore, the highest rates of concussion in collegiate sports by gender are found in men's ice hockey and women's soccer.…”

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Association between concussion understanding and stakeholder knowledge translation in collegiate sports

Giguere,

Barnes,

Faught

2024

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching

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The purpose of this study was to determine if there was an association between concussion understanding and stakeholder knowledge translation in collegiate sports following the mandate of Rowan's Law in Ontario, Canada. To our knowledge, this is the first study to examine concussion knowledge translation within a sport network using social network analysis. A cross-sectional design was used to evaluate 76 collegiate athletes (54 females, 21 males, 1 not identified), aged 20.55 years (SD = 3.4) who completed a survey on sport demographics, concussion knowledge and stakeholders who provided concussion information during the sport season. Athlete concussion knowledge scores and reported stakeholders were examined. An average of three key stakeholders provided concussion information to 82% of the varsity athletes in our study. Athletes reported that a coach or athletic trainer most often provided concussion knowledge. Overall, athlete concussion knowledge scores were the same for athletes who sought concussion knowledge from stakeholders and those who did not. Over 95% of athletes in the study did not access the Rowan's Law website for mandated concussion education. These findings suggest that Rowan's Law is hugely neglected resulting in stakeholder knowledge translation having minimal influence on an athletes’ understanding of concussions. Future recommendations include verified review of mandated concussion education resources and testing of concussion knowledge for all persons associated with sport in Ontario. Due to the number of athletes seeking concussion knowledge in their varsity athlete network, accurate sport specific resources should be provided to support stakeholders who are in direct contact with athletes.

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“…We do not dispute the significance of concussions within rugby given the inherent nature of the high-impact contact and collision sport (16). The concussion rate among both male and female high school rugby players is high and often the result of tackle events during competition (17)(18)(19)(20)(21). At the community level, research found that 37.2% of a sample of Canadian senior rugby players reported experiencing concussion symptoms over the past season, 87% of which were formally diagnosed with a concussion (22).…”

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An examination of social relations and concussion management via the blue card

Jorgensen,

Safai,

Mainwaring

2024

Front. Sports Act. Living

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IntroductionInitially developed by New Zealand Rugby in 2014, the Blue Card initiative in rugby enables match officials to remove athletes from play if they are suspected to have sustained a concussion. Considerable attention has been paid by sport and health advocates to the possibilities and limitations of this initiative in safeguarding athlete health. However, little if any attention has been paid to the well-being of those responsible for administering the Blue Card (i.e., match officials). The aim of this paper was to examine match officials' experiences with and perspectives on implementing the Blue Card initiative in Ontario, Canada, with focused attention on the tensions around their ability to manage games and participants (e.g., athletes, coaches) while attempting to safeguard athlete well-being.MethodsUsing Relational Coordination Theory (RCT) as a guiding framework and qualitative research method, we highlight the rich accounts of 19 match officials' perspectives and experiences regarding sport-related concussion (SRC) management and the Blue Card protocol.ResultsFour themes were derived from the data, reflecting latent assumptions embedded within the concussion management process, which include: assumptions of trust, respect, and cooperation; assumptions of shared responsibility; assumptions of shared understanding; and assumptions of harassment-free sport.DiscussionOur findings emphasize the need to attend to social relations in concussion management and provide insight into match officials' fraught experiences on the frontlines of concussion management. We identify factors affecting match official well-being and provide considerations for concussion management initiatives designed to improve athlete safety, such as the Blue Card.

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Injuries in Canadian high school boys’ collision sports: insights across football, ice hockey, lacrosse, and rugby

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Shoulder Check: Investigating Shoulder Injury Rates, Types, Severity, Mechanisms, and Risk Factors in Canadian Youth Ice Hockey

Shoulder Check: Investigating Shoulder Injury Rates, Types, Severity, Mechanisms, and Risk Factors in Canadian Youth Ice Hockey

Association between concussion understanding and stakeholder knowledge translation in collegiate sports

An examination of social relations and concussion management via the blue card

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