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Gender-Specific Risk Factors of Physical Activity-Related Injuries among Middle School Students in Southern China

This cross-sectional study was carried out to explore the potential risk factors of physical activity-related injuries (PARI) among middle-school students of different genders. Selected by the random cluster sampling method, students aged from 12 to 16 years old in grades 7–8 from six middle schools...

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Autores principales: Tang, Dongchun, Cai, Weicong, Yang, Wenda, Gao, Yang, Li, Liping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6650942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31277298
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16132359
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author Tang, Dongchun
Cai, Weicong
Yang, Wenda
Gao, Yang
Li, Liping
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Cai, Weicong
Yang, Wenda
Gao, Yang
Li, Liping
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description This cross-sectional study was carried out to explore the potential risk factors of physical activity-related injuries (PARI) among middle-school students of different genders. Selected by the random cluster sampling method, students aged from 12 to 16 years old in grades 7–8 from six middle schools in Shantou, southern China, were recruited for this investigation in November 2017. Information about socio-demographics, physical activity (PA) exposure time, individual exercise behaviors, risk-taking behaviors, and PARI experiences in the past 12 months was collected. A multivariate logistic regression model was used to explore the risk factors of PARI. A total of 1270 students completed valid questionnaires, with an overall injury incidence of 33.6% (boys: 42.0%; girls: 25.0%), an injury risk of 0.68 injuries/student/year, and an injury rate of 1.43 injuries per 1000 PA exposure hours. For boys, living in a school dormitory, participating in sports teams, exercising on a wet floor, rebellious behavior, and having longer PA exposure time were the risk factors of PARI. For girls, those who were sports team members, whose parents were divorced or separated, and those with longer PA exposure time were more vulnerable to suffer from PARI. In conclusion, PARI was a health problem among middle school students in southern China. Boys and girls differed in PARI occurrence and were affected by different risk factors, which provides a basis for targeted gender-specific intervention programs to reduce the occurrence of PARI among middle-school students.
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spelling pubmed-66509422019-08-07 Gender-Specific Risk Factors of Physical Activity-Related Injuries among Middle School Students in Southern China Tang, Dongchun Cai, Weicong Yang, Wenda Gao, Yang Li, Liping Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This cross-sectional study was carried out to explore the potential risk factors of physical activity-related injuries (PARI) among middle-school students of different genders. Selected by the random cluster sampling method, students aged from 12 to 16 years old in grades 7–8 from six middle schools in Shantou, southern China, were recruited for this investigation in November 2017. Information about socio-demographics, physical activity (PA) exposure time, individual exercise behaviors, risk-taking behaviors, and PARI experiences in the past 12 months was collected. A multivariate logistic regression model was used to explore the risk factors of PARI. A total of 1270 students completed valid questionnaires, with an overall injury incidence of 33.6% (boys: 42.0%; girls: 25.0%), an injury risk of 0.68 injuries/student/year, and an injury rate of 1.43 injuries per 1000 PA exposure hours. For boys, living in a school dormitory, participating in sports teams, exercising on a wet floor, rebellious behavior, and having longer PA exposure time were the risk factors of PARI. For girls, those who were sports team members, whose parents were divorced or separated, and those with longer PA exposure time were more vulnerable to suffer from PARI. In conclusion, PARI was a health problem among middle school students in southern China. Boys and girls differed in PARI occurrence and were affected by different risk factors, which provides a basis for targeted gender-specific intervention programs to reduce the occurrence of PARI among middle-school students. MDPI 2019-07-03 2019-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6650942/ /pubmed/31277298 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16132359 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Gao, Yang
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Gender-Specific Risk Factors of Physical Activity-Related Injuries among Middle School Students in Southern China
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title_fullStr Gender-Specific Risk Factors of Physical Activity-Related Injuries among Middle School Students in Southern China
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title_short Gender-Specific Risk Factors of Physical Activity-Related Injuries among Middle School Students in Southern China
title_sort gender-specific risk factors of physical activity-related injuries among middle school students in southern china
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6650942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31277298
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16132359
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