Is the risk of injury greater in some sport activities than in others? What types of injuries are most common? Are some children prone to sports injury? Are some physical, psychological, or sport-related factors associated with an increased risk of injury? Can injury be prevented and if so, how? Epidemiology of Pediatric Sport Injuries answers these and more questions which sports medicine personnel and coaches should be prepared to face. Focussed on team sports like Baseball, Basketball, Gridirion Football, Ice Hockey, Rugby, and Soccer, this publication integratively reviews the existing data on the distribution and determinants of injury in children and youth athletes. Further, the book includes a chapter on the identification of the epidemiological approach and concludes with suggestions of injury prevention measures and guidelines for further research. Together with the previous volume, Individual Sports, the two publications present the first comprehensive compilation and critical analysis of epidemiological data over a wide range of children’s and youth sports.
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Published:2005
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Book Set: Medicine and Sport Science (Vol. 48+49) (Print) , Medicine and Sport Science (Vol. 48+49) (Online)Topic Article Package: Topic Article Package: Sports MedicineBook Series: Medicine and Sport Science
Carolyn A. Emery, 2005. "Injury Prevention and Future Research", Epidemiology of Pediatric Sports Injuries: Team Sports, N. Maffulli, D.J. Caine
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Abstract
Objectives: To critically examine and summarize the literature identifying riskfactors and prevention strategies for injury in child and adolescent sport. Data Sources:Seven electronic databases were searched including: Medline, Cumulative Index toNursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Psychinfo, Cochrane Database forSystematic and Complete Reviews, Cochrane Controlled Trials Registry, HealthSTAR andSPORTDiscus. Medical subject headings and text words included: athletic injury, sportinjury, risk factors, adolescent and child. Additional articles were reviewed based onsport-specific contributions in the previous chapters of this book. Main Results: Despitethe diversity of injuries occurring in various pediatric sporting populations, the uniformitywith respect to many of the risk factors identified in the literature is noteworthy (i.e.previous injury, age, sport specificity, psychosocial factors, decreased strength andendurance). The literature is significantly limited with respect to the prospective evaluationof risk factors and prevention strategies for injury in pediatric sport. The consistencies,however, between the adult and pediatric literature are encouraging with respect to preventionstrategies involving neuromuscular training programs (i.e. balance training programs)to reduce lower extremity injuries in some sports and the use of sport-specific protectiveequipment (i.e. helmets). Conclusions: Notwithstanding the limitations in the literature,the successful evaluation of some sport-specific prevention strategies to reduce injury inpediatric sport is encouraging. There is significant opportunity to methodologically improveupon the current pediatric sport injury literature in descriptive surveillance research, riskfactor evaluation research, and prevention research. There is a need for prospective studies,ideally randomized controlled trials, in the evaluation of prevention strategies in pediatricsport. The integration of basic science, laboratory and epidemiological research is critical inevaluating the mechanisms associated with injury and injury prevention in pediatric sport.Finally, long-term studies are needed to identify the public health impact of pediatric sportinjury.
