Citation

Zaricznyj B, Shattuck LJ, Mast TA, Robertson RV, D'Elia G. Am. J. Sports Med. 1980; 8(5): 318-324.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1980, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

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PMID

7416348

Abstract

Most studies of sports-related injuries have been investigations of specific injuries resulting from specific, organized sports at the high school, college, or professional level. This study documented all types of sports-related injuries received by all school-aged children in a midwestern community of 100,000 for a 1-year period. Public and private schools, community sports programs, hospital emergency rooms, the schools' accident insurance company, and local physicians provided initial accident reports. Injuries were sustained by 3% of all elementary school students, 7% of all junior high school (grades 7 and 8) students, and 11% of all high school students. Nonorganized sports and physical education classes each produced nearly twice as many injuries as organized sports. One-fifth of the injuries were considered serious and one-fourth of all injuries could have been avoided had nominal safety precautions been observed.

Language: en