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Competitive Wrestling-related Injuries in School Aged Athletes in U.S. Emergency Departments

OBJECTIVE: To describe the characteristics of wrestling injuries occurring in male athletes aged 7–17 treated in United States (U.S.) emergency departments (ED) from 2000–2006, and to compare injury patterns between younger & older youth wrestlers. METHODS: A stratified probability sample of U.S...

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Autores principales: Myers, Richard J., Linakis, Seth W., Mello, Michael J., Linakis, James G.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3027436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21293763
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author Myers, Richard J.
Linakis, Seth W.
Mello, Michael J.
Linakis, James G.
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Mello, Michael J.
Linakis, James G.
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description OBJECTIVE: To describe the characteristics of wrestling injuries occurring in male athletes aged 7–17 treated in United States (U.S.) emergency departments (ED) from 2000–2006, and to compare injury patterns between younger & older youth wrestlers. METHODS: A stratified probability sample of U.S. hospitals providing emergency services in the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System was used for 2000–2006. ED visits for injuries sustained in organized wrestling were analyzed for male patients ages 7–17 years old (subdivided into 7–11 years old [youth group] and 12–17 years old [scholastic group]). RESULTS: During the study period, there were an estimated 167,606 ED visits for wrestling injuries in 7–17 years old U.S. males, with 152,710 (91.1%) occurring in the older (12–17 years old) group. The annual injury incidence was 6.49 injuries/1,000 wrestlers in the youth group and 29.57 injuries/1,000 wrestlers in the scholastic group. The distribution of diagnoses was similar in both age groups, with sprain/strain as the most common diagnosis, followed by fracture and contusion/abrasion. Distributions of injury by location were significantly different between groups (p=0.02), although both groups exhibited approximately 75% of all injuries from the waist up. Overexertion and struck by/against were the most common precipitating and direct mechanisms in both groups, respectively. Over 97% of all injured wrestlers were treated and released. CONCLUSION: The types of injury in youth (7–11 years old) wrestlers are similar to those of scholastic (12–17 years old) wrestlers, although the distribution of body parts injured differs between the age groups. The majority of injuries occurs above the waist and may be a target for prevention strategies.
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spelling pubmed-30274362011-02-03 Competitive Wrestling-related Injuries in School Aged Athletes in U.S. Emergency Departments Myers, Richard J. Linakis, Seth W. Mello, Michael J. Linakis, James G. West J Emerg Med Toxicology/Critical Care OBJECTIVE: To describe the characteristics of wrestling injuries occurring in male athletes aged 7–17 treated in United States (U.S.) emergency departments (ED) from 2000–2006, and to compare injury patterns between younger & older youth wrestlers. METHODS: A stratified probability sample of U.S. hospitals providing emergency services in the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System was used for 2000–2006. ED visits for injuries sustained in organized wrestling were analyzed for male patients ages 7–17 years old (subdivided into 7–11 years old [youth group] and 12–17 years old [scholastic group]). RESULTS: During the study period, there were an estimated 167,606 ED visits for wrestling injuries in 7–17 years old U.S. males, with 152,710 (91.1%) occurring in the older (12–17 years old) group. The annual injury incidence was 6.49 injuries/1,000 wrestlers in the youth group and 29.57 injuries/1,000 wrestlers in the scholastic group. The distribution of diagnoses was similar in both age groups, with sprain/strain as the most common diagnosis, followed by fracture and contusion/abrasion. Distributions of injury by location were significantly different between groups (p=0.02), although both groups exhibited approximately 75% of all injuries from the waist up. Overexertion and struck by/against were the most common precipitating and direct mechanisms in both groups, respectively. Over 97% of all injured wrestlers were treated and released. CONCLUSION: The types of injury in youth (7–11 years old) wrestlers are similar to those of scholastic (12–17 years old) wrestlers, although the distribution of body parts injured differs between the age groups. The majority of injuries occurs above the waist and may be a target for prevention strategies. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2010-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3027436/ /pubmed/21293763 Text en Copyright © 2010 the authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
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Competitive Wrestling-related Injuries in School Aged Athletes in U.S. Emergency Departments
title Competitive Wrestling-related Injuries in School Aged Athletes in U.S. Emergency Departments
title_full Competitive Wrestling-related Injuries in School Aged Athletes in U.S. Emergency Departments
title_fullStr Competitive Wrestling-related Injuries in School Aged Athletes in U.S. Emergency Departments
title_full_unstemmed Competitive Wrestling-related Injuries in School Aged Athletes in U.S. Emergency Departments
title_short Competitive Wrestling-related Injuries in School Aged Athletes in U.S. Emergency Departments
title_sort competitive wrestling-related injuries in school aged athletes in u.s. emergency departments
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3027436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21293763
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