Reality check: the cost–effectiveness of removing body checking from youth ice hockey

Lacny, Sarah; Marshall, Deborah A.; Currie, Gillian; Kulin, Nathalie A.; Meeuwisse, Willem; Kang, Jian; Emery, Carolyn A.

doi:10.1136/bjsports-2014-093493

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“…This is an underestimate of avoided costs, given the additional youth soccer participation in schools and recreational contexts where registration with Canadian Soccer Association is not required. In a similar cost-effectiveness analysis in youth ice hockey in Alberta, evaluating the cost avoidance in delaying body checking from age 11 to age 13 it was projected that 1273 injuries would be avoided in 11 and 12 year old hockey players annually and $213 280 in healthcare costs would be avoided 26. In both studies, an assumption is made that the IRs and resource use patterns of players in rural Alberta would not differ from those playing in the city.…”

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Economic impact study: neuromuscular training reduces the burden of injuries and costs compared to standard warm-up in youth soccer

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Economic impact study: neuromuscular training reduces the burden of injuries and costs compared to standard warm-up in youth soccer

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“…This is important given the significant clinical, economic,22 academic and psychosocial consequences of youth hockey injuries. Research on Peewee, Bantam and Junior Gold hockey players showed FP effectiveness in reducing penalties and injury rates, thereby supporting the results of this study 11…”

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Does fair play reduce concussions? A prospective, comparative analysis of competitive youth hockey tournaments

Smith

Gaz

Larson

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Background/aimTo determine if Boys Bantam and Peewee and Girls U14 sustain fewer concussions, head hits, ‘other injuries’ and penalties in hockey tournaments governed by intensified fair play (IFP) than non-intensified fair play (NIFP).MethodsA prospective comparison of IFP, a behaviour modification programme that promotes sportsmanship, versus control (non-intensified, NIFP) effects on numbers of diagnosed concussions, head hits without diagnosed concussion (HHWDC), ‘other injuries’, number of penalties and fair play points (FPPs). 1514 players, ages 11–14 years, in 6 IFP (N=950) and 5 NIFP (N=564) tournaments were studied.ResultsTwo diagnosed concussions, four HHWDC, and six ‘other injuries’ occurred in IFP tournaments compared to one concussion, eight HHWDC and five ‘other injuries’ in NIFP. There were significantly fewer HHWDC in IFP than NIFP (p=0.018). However, diagnosed concussions, ‘other injuries’, penalties and FPPs did not differ significantly between conditions. In IFP, a minority of teams forfeited the majority of FPPs. Most diagnosed concussions, HHWDC, and other injuries occurred to Bantam B players and usually in penalised teams that forfeited their FPPs.ConclusionsIn response to significant differences in HHWDC between IFP and NIFP tournaments, the following considerations are encouraged: mandatory implementation of fair play in regular season and tournaments, empowering tournament directors to not accept heavily penalised teams, and introducing ‘no body checking’ in Bantam.

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“…Selective measures address subgroups of sports participants distinguished by age, sex, experience, or other sociodemiographic or sports-related risk indicators, but who, on individual examination, do not exhibit explicit individual risk factors. Examples of selective measures are knee injury prevention programs for female adolescent football players [4], charging bans in youth ice hockey [15], and use of visors throughout junior ages in bandy (a team ball sport played skating with sticks) [16]. Indicated measures are delivered to individuals presenting an indicator that identifies the specific individual as being at higher than average risk for the future development of an injury or disease.…”

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Classification of Prevention in Sports Medicine and Epidemiology

Jacobsson

Timpka

2015

Sports Med

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It is today recognized that a large share of manifestations of ill health associated with sports participation is preventable and that a focus should be on implementation of effective prevention programs. One hindrance for implementation of effective preventive measures in sports medicine may be that an update of preventive frameworks to the current health challenges has not been performed. We introduce classifications of prevention that are adjusted to the health challenges faced by sports participants in the present day. To enable more precise characterizations of preventive measures, we find it necessary to describe them in two dimensions. In one dimension, pathological developments in the body are used as a basis for classification of preventive measures, while the other dimension classifies prevention on the grounds of epidemiological risk indicators. We conclude that longitudinal research combining diagnostic procedures, surveillance, and targeted interventions is needed to enable the introduction of prevention programs for athletes in the beginning of their sporting career at the pre-diagnostic stage, as well as suitable prevention measures for the adult elite athletes. A more distinct classification of prevention supports a specific and cost-effective planning and translation of sports injury prevention and safety promotion adjusted to the delivery settings, various injury types, and different groups of athletes. The present classifications constitute an additional conceptual foundation for such efforts.

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Reality check: the cost–effectiveness of removing body checking from youth ice hockey

Cited by 30 publications

References 22 publications

Economic impact study: neuromuscular training reduces the burden of injuries and costs compared to standard warm-up in youth soccer

Economic impact study: neuromuscular training reduces the burden of injuries and costs compared to standard warm-up in youth soccer

Does fair play reduce concussions? A prospective, comparative analysis of competitive youth hockey tournaments

Classification of Prevention in Sports Medicine and Epidemiology

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