Epidemiology of Overuse Injuries among High-School Athletes in the United States

Schroeder, Allison N.; Comstock, R. Dawn; Collins, Christy L.; Everhart, Joshua S.; Flanigan, David C.; Best, Thomas M.

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.09.037

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“…31 Thus, increased time and resources may be spent to manage athletes with overuse injuries to avoid lost playing time and maintain current participation. 7 Also, NTL injuries may result in decreased playing time, which indicates a modification of playing status due to injury, but we were unable to make that determination based on our data. Kerr et al 11 reported that most secondary school basketballrelated visits to the athletic training room (boys ¼ 64.3%, girls ¼ 63.0%) were for NTL injuries.…”

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confidence: 72%

“…These trends support the literature on the secondary school and collegiate settings. 7,21 Compared with males, females in both settings had higher overuse injury rates, which may be due to anatomical and biomechanical differences; disparities in coaching, training, or conditioning programs; and the likelihood that females seek health care earlier than males. 21 Together with the increased number of practices versus competitions and the repetitive nature of practices, it is logical that females experienced higher rates of overuse injuries during practices.…”

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Epidemiology of Secondary School Boys' and Girls' Basketball Injuries: National Athletic Treatment, Injury and Outcomes Network

Allen

Wasserman

Williams

et al. 2019

Journal of Athletic Training

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Context Little is known about non–time-loss (NTL) injury patterns in basketball athletes. Knowledge of these patterns may aid in the development of prevention and management strategies for patients with these injuries. Objective To describe the epidemiology of time-loss (TL) and NTL injuries sustained by secondary school boys' and girls' basketball athletes. Design Descriptive epidemiology study. Setting Eighty-six unique schools provided data, with 84 and 83 contributing to boys' and girls' basketball, respectively. Patients or Other Participants Athletes participating in secondary school-sponsored boys' and girls' basketball. Main Outcome Measure(s) Boys' and girls' basketball data from the National Athletic Treatment, Injury and Outcomes Network (NATION) injury-surveillance program (2011–2012 through 2013–2014 years) were analyzed. Injury counts, rates, and rate ratios (IRRs) were reported with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results The NATION captured 2653 injuries over 364 355 athlete-exposures (AEs) for boys' basketball and 2394 injuries over 288 286 AE for girls' basketball, producing rates of 7.28/1000 AEs (95% CI = 7.00, 7.56) for boys and 8.30/1000 AEs (95% CI = 7.97, 8.64) for girls. The overall injury rates were slightly lower for boys (IRR = 0.88; 95% CI = 0.83, 0.93). For boys, 559 (21.1%) injuries were TL and 2094 (78.9%) were NTL, producing a TL injury rate of 1.53/1000 AEs (95% CI = 1.40, 1.66) and an NTL injury rate of 5.75/1000 AEs (95% CI = 5.50, 5.99). For girls, 499 (20.8%) injuries were TL and 1895 (79.2%) were NTL, producing a TL injury rate of 1.73/1000 AEs (95% CI = 1.58, 1.88) and an NTL injury rate of 6.57/1000 AEs (95% CI = 6.28, 6.87). Rates of TL injuries were similar between boys' and girls' basketball (IRR = 0.89; 95% CI = 0.79, 1.00); NTL injury rates were lower for boys (IRR = 0.87; 95% CI = 0.82, 0.93). Conclusions When NTL injuries were included, the rates of injury in boys' and girls' secondary school basketball were higher than previously reported.

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Epidemiology of Secondary School Boys' and Girls' Basketball Injuries: National Athletic Treatment, Injury and Outcomes Network

Allen

Wasserman

Williams

et al. 2019

Journal of Athletic Training

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“…[8][9][10] In high school athletes alone, overuse injuries represented 7.7% of all injuries. 11 Actual injury rates vary by age, sex, and sport. Currently, no data are available on how many young athletes play yearround or on multiple teams at the same time.…”

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Sports Specialization and Intensive Training in Young Athletes

Brenner¹

2016

Pediatrics

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Sports specialization is becoming the norm in youth sports for a variety of reasons. When sports specialization occurs too early, detrimental effects may occur, both physically and psychologically. If the timing is correct and sports specialization is performed under the correct conditions, the athlete may be successful in reaching specific goals. Young athletes who train intensively, whether specialized or not, can also be at risk of adverse effects on the mind and body. The purpose of this clinical report is to assist pediatricians in counseling their young athlete patients and their parents regarding sports specialization and intensive training. This report supports the American Academy of Pediatrics clinical report “Overuse Injuries, Overtraining, and Burnout in Child and Adolescent Athletes.”

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“…To classify sports injuries by sex and sport, Schroeder et al (2015) conducted a retrospective cohort study that focused on older children (approximately 14-18 years of age) with overuse injuries (18). The authors collected data from the High School Reporting Information Online study generated in the 2006-2007 and 2011-2012 school years to assess a large national sample.…”

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“…They also found that girls had a higher rate of overuse injury, particularly within track and field and field hockey and girls sustained more overuse injuries of the lower extremities compared to boys. The greatest number of boys with overuse injury were seen in swimming and diving (18,19). In most sports, overuse injury was more likely to occur during practice rather than in a competition.…”

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Epidemiology of sports-related musculoskeletal injuries in young athletes in United States

2017

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Over the past several decades there has been increased participation in sports by children and adolescents at earlier ages in the United States, as well as more intense participation and specialization in sports at very early ages. This trend has also partly contributed to the patterns of injuries seen in young athletes, and especially in recent years, injuries previously seen in mature athletes are being seen in young athletes. Overall, the vast majority of sport-related musculoskeletal injuries in children and adolescents are due to repetitive overuse and acute macrotrauma is less frequently seen in young athletes. Epidemiological data on sports injuries are provided by several national surveys. Investigators have used different methods to define sports injuries and the most widely used definition is based on athlete-exposure time. Certain aspects related to adolescent growth and development modulate the pattern of injuries. This article provides an overview of the epidemiology of sports-related musculoskeletal injuries seen in children and adolescents.

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Epidemiology of Overuse Injuries among High-School Athletes in the United States

Cited by 68 publications

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Epidemiology of Secondary School Boys' and Girls' Basketball Injuries: National Athletic Treatment, Injury and Outcomes Network

Epidemiology of Secondary School Boys' and Girls' Basketball Injuries: National Athletic Treatment, Injury and Outcomes Network

Sports Specialization and Intensive Training in Young Athletes

Epidemiology of sports-related musculoskeletal injuries in young athletes in United States

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