@article{ref1,
title="Epidemiology of 10,000 high school football injuries: patterns of injury by position played",
journal="Journal of physical activity and health",
year="2013",
author="Badgeley, Marcus A. and McIlvain, Natalie M. and Yard, Ellen and Fields, Sarah and Comstock, R. Dawn",
volume="10",
number="2",
pages="160-169",
abstract="BACKGROUND: With more than 1.1 million high school athletes playing annually during the 2005/06-2009/10 academic years, American football is the most popular boys' sport in the United States. METHODS: Using an internet-based data collection tool, RIOTM, certified athletic trainers (ATs) from 100 nationally representative US high schools reported athletic exposure and football injury data during the 2005/06-2009/10 academic years. RESULTS: Participating ATs reported 10,100 football injuries corresponding to an estimated 2,739,187 football-related injuries nationally. The injury rate was 4.08 per 1,000 athlete-exposures (AEs) overall. Offensive lineman collectively (center, offensive guard, offensive tackle) sustained 18.3% of all injuries. Running backs (16.3%) sustained more injuries than any other position followed by linebackers (14.9%) and wide receivers (11.9%). The leading mechanism of injury was player-player contact (64.0%), followed by player-surface contact (13.4%). More specifically, the most common activities during which injury occurred most commonly when players were being tackled (24.4%) and tackling (21.8%). CONCLUSIONS: Patterns of football injuries vary by position. Identifying such differences is important to drive development of evidence-based, targeted injury prevention efforts.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1543-3080",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}