Injuries during physical activity in school children

Sundblad, Gunilla M Brun; Saartok, Tönu; Engström, Lars-Magnus; Renström, Per

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0838.2004.00419.x

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“…Corresponding to our study, Sundblad et al 15 reported higher PE injury rates for girls as compared to boys. For other modalities of PA no differences between genders were found.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

“…It may well be that the definition of leisure time PA differs between studies. 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.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, the injury definition used was not limited to injuries resulting in at least absence from school or sports, or injuries requiring medical treatment. Both are injury definitions widely used in (sports) injury research in children 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20. Such definitions may lead to an underestimation of the actual number of injuries, the so-called “tip of the iceberg” phenomenon, as only more “severe” injuries are being registered 21.…”

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confidence: 99%

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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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“…Corresponding to our study, Sundblad et al 15 reported higher PE injury rates for girls as compared to boys. For other modalities of PA no differences between genders were found.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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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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“…They were originally part of a wider, multidisciplinary base study conducted during the spring of 2001, where 1975 students, from grades 3, 6 and 9 participated [16,17]. …”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Child – parent agreement on reports of disease, injury and pain

2006

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Background: Studies on school students are indicating that somatic complaints and pain have increased during the past decades. Throughout this period there has been a change in methodology from proxy reports by parents to having the students themselves act as the respondents, possible explaining some of the increase in prevalence. The aim of this study was to compare the agreement of answers from students with answers given by their parents regarding the students' medical background and subjective rating of perceived health with specific focus on frequency of headache, musculoskeletal pain and tiredness.

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“…Sundblad, Saartok, Engstrom, and Renstrom (2005) investigated the occurrence of injuries in physical activity settings of 1,975 Swedish youths in grades three, six, and nine over a threemonth period. The results showed reported injuries in 16 percent of youths, with more injuries experienced by girls than boys.…”

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confidence: 99%