The epidemiology of sports injuries in schoolaged children

Sörensen, Lars; Larsen, Sadie E.; Röck, Niels Dieter

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0838.1996.tb00471.x

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“…We found the general trend of increasing injury rate with advancing age starting with an incidence of 0.02% in age group 11e12 years and increasing to 1.57% in 17e18 years of age (Table 2). A similar finding was reported by Sorenson et al 6 showing sports and physical activity related injury rates of 20 per 1000 children at the age of 6, to 120 per 1000 children at the age of 14. This preponderance of injuries in adolescent years reflects a number of maturational and skeletal changes which occur during this time.…”

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Sports injury pattern in school going children in Union Territory of Chandigarh

Dorje¹,

Gupta

Goyal

et al. 2014

Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma

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a b s t r a c tObjective: To determine incidence of various types of sport injuries and other associated factors, among competitive sports playing school children of Chandigarh.Design: This study is a survey based study, and spanned for a period of one year. School going students in age group 11e18 years of Chandigarh (Union Territory) India, who were in competitive sports, were included for this survey after taking informed consent from concerned school authorities. 33 schools consisting of 36.165 students were analysed in the study, 7230 students were found to participate in 40 different categories of sports.Results: Total of 246 filled questionnaires were analyzed making it an injury frequency of 3.40% among 7230 participating young athletes in 12 months study duration. Estimated incidence rate, considering hours of exposure in practice, came out to be 48.07 injuries per 1000 h of exposure in practice among 246 injured cases. (9/33) had a doctor as health professional, 9.1% (2/33) had a physiotherapist while 66.6% of the schools (22/33) had no health care professional. Conclusion:The incidence of sports injuries in the region is high as compared to the global data. The findings has highlighted the need for a nationwide surveillance system and then taking appropriate measures for future injury prevention and appropriate management.

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Sports injury pattern in school going children in Union Territory of Chandigarh

Dorje¹,

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Goyal

et al. 2014

Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma

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“…It remains unclear in the study of Sundblad et al 15 what was defined as leisure time PA. Even though the present study is the first to observe these gender differences in such a pronounced way, Sorensen et al 13 previously indicated that gender differences in injury risks “crossover” between the ages 12–14. This is presumably due to the growth spurt appearing earlier in girls.…”

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“…Furthermore, the majority of studies report on injuries sustained by a wide age range of children. However, as found by Sorensen et al 13 great variations in sports and PA injury rates exist between different ages, ranging from 20 per 1000 children at the age of 6, to 120 per 1000 children at the age of 14. The present study included only a relative small age range of 10–12-year-old children, rendering a comparison with other studies unhelpful.…”

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A prospective cohort study on physical activity and sports-related injuries in 10–12-year-old children

Verhagen¹,

Collard

Paw

et al. 2009

Br J Sports Med

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Objectives: To describe the incidence and severity of injuries resulting from physical education, sports and leisure time physical activity (PA) in 10-12-year-old children.Design: This was a prospective cohort study conducted in primary schools, with 995 children aged 10-12 years old as participants. Individual weekly exposure was estimated from baseline and follow-up questionnaires. Exposure to physical education (PE) classes was equal in all schools. An injury was recorded if it occurred during either PE class, leisure time PA, or sports, and caused the child to at least stop the current activity. Injuries were reported within 1 week of injury onset. The main outcome measure was injury incidence density. Results: During the school year a total of 119 injuries were reported by 104 children, resulting in an overall injury incidence density (ID) of 0.48 per 1000 h of exposure (95% CI 0.38 to 0.57). Injury ID was lowest for leisure time PA, followed by PE and sports, respectively. Of all injuries, 40% required medical treatment and 14% resulted in 1 or more days of absence from regular school activities. In general for girls a higher injury ID was reported than for boys, mainly caused by a twofold higher risk during leisure time PA. Conclusions: Next to specific areas of preventive interest it was found that in this specific age group, girls require special attention as they seem to be at higher injury risk than boys.The numerous health benefits of regular physical activity (PA) in children are well described in the literature. 2With the subsequent focus on a physically active lifestyle, an increasing number of sports and physical activity injuries can be expected.3 4 These injuries lead to high direct and indirect costs.5 More importantly, children may lose their enthusiasm for PA and sports through negative associations with injuries.6 Consequently, the successful prevention of sports and PA injuries in youth has great potential health gain. 7 In the short term, the absolute number of injuries will fall and, in the longer term, the risk of injury recurrences and prolonged periods of impairment will be prevented. Prevention may also promote a physically active lifestyle from childhood into adulthood.An important purpose of injury epidemiology is to supply knowledge on injuries that occur frequently and have serious consequences, and to describe their aetiology in order to provide a basis for preventive measures.8 A recent review on the risk of sports injuries in children revealed that epidemiological data on this topic is scarce. 9 Moreover, it was concluded that there is a high need for more insight into injuries during unorganised activities and for younger age groups.In particular, the combination of unorganised activities in younger age groups requires attention. An active child is growing, learning and developing its skills. During this process the younger child ''evolves'' from a participant in joyful PA to a participant in sports.7 Therefore, the purpose of this prospective cohort study was to des...

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“…20 % bei Fußball) um Frakturen [8]. Der Großteil dieser Frakturen (76-88 %) betrifft die obere Extremität [14,15,21]. Meist werden dabei keine Handgelenkschoner getragen.…”

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Kindliche Unterarmfrakturen bei Sport- und Freizeitunfällen

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Forearm fractures are very common injuries during growth. In recent years popular sport activities like inline-skating and skateboarding have gained increasing importance as cause of accident. Despite increasing injury rates there are only a few studies describing the correlation between the mechanism of accident and the resulting pattern of injury. The aim of the present study was therefore to analyse the epidemiology and aetiology of forearm fractures in immature patients. Additionally the outcome of treatment was evaluated by clinical parameters.Initially 263 patients could be included in this retrospective cohort study (median: 9.93; range 6-14 years). Beyond classifying patients according to epidemiological and aetiological parameters a clinical and functional follow-up using established scores was performed (DASH score, score by Schmittenbecher et al.). Based on our standard of treatment, stable fractures were treated conservatively, instable fractures surgically. 55 months (range: 12-100) after first attendance 212 patients were followed up personally. With regard to the epidemiology and the aetiology inline-skating was the most common cause of accident (21, 3 %). 82 % did not wear wrist guards while injured. A special pattern of fracture was found only for simple falls, which lead significantly more often to torus buckle and greenstick fractures (p = 0.008). According to the classification described by Schmittenbecher et al., 75 % of the patients were graded as "excellent". There was a significant better outcome for simple fractures compared to complete fractures (p = 0.029).However, the type of treatment (conservative vs. surgical) did not have an influence on the overall result.

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The epidemiology of sports injuries in schoolaged children

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Sports injury pattern in school going children in Union Territory of Chandigarh

Sports injury pattern in school going children in Union Territory of Chandigarh

A prospective cohort study on physical activity and sports-related injuries in 10–12-year-old children

Kindliche Unterarmfrakturen bei Sport- und Freizeitunfällen

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