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Bodychecking experience and rates of injury among ice hockey players aged 15–17 years

BACKGROUND: Although high rates of injury occur in youth ice hockey, disagreements exist about the risks and benefits of permitting bodychecking. We sought to evaluate associations between experience with bodychecking and rates of injury and concussion among ice hockey players aged 15–17 years. METH...

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Autores principales: Eliason, Paul H., Hagel, Brent E., Palacios-Derflingher, Luz, Warriyar, Vineetha, Bonfield, Stephan, Black, Amanda M., Mrazik, Martin, Lebrun, Constance, Emery, Carolyn A.
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Publicado: CMA Impact Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9261946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35725006
http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.211718
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author Eliason, Paul H.
Hagel, Brent E.
Palacios-Derflingher, Luz
Warriyar, Vineetha
Bonfield, Stephan
Black, Amanda M.
Mrazik, Martin
Lebrun, Constance
Emery, Carolyn A.
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Hagel, Brent E.
Palacios-Derflingher, Luz
Warriyar, Vineetha
Bonfield, Stephan
Black, Amanda M.
Mrazik, Martin
Lebrun, Constance
Emery, Carolyn A.
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description BACKGROUND: Although high rates of injury occur in youth ice hockey, disagreements exist about the risks and benefits of permitting bodychecking. We sought to evaluate associations between experience with bodychecking and rates of injury and concussion among ice hockey players aged 15–17 years. METHODS: We obtained data from a prospective cohort study of ice hockey players aged 15–17 years in Alberta who played in leagues that permitted bodychecking. We collected data over 3 seasons of play (2015/16–2017/18). We compared players based on experience with bodychecking (≤ 2 v. ≥ 3 yr), estimated using local and national bodychecking policy and region of play. We used validated methodology of ice hockey injury surveillance to identify all injuries related to ice hockey games and defined concussions according to the Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport. RESULTS: We included 941 players who contributed to 1168 player-seasons, with 205 players participating in more than 1 season. Compared with players with 2 years or less of bodychecking experience, those with 3 or more years of experience had higher rates of all injury (adjusted incidence rate ratio [IRR] 2.55, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.57–4.14), injury with more than 7 days of time loss (adjusted IRR 2.65, 95% CI 1.50–4.68) and concussion (adjusted IRR 2.69, 95% CI 1.34–5.42). INTERPRETATION: Among ice hockey players aged 15–17 years who participated in leagues permitting bodychecking, more experience with bodychecking did not protect against injury. This provides further support for removing bodychecking from youth ice hockey.
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spelling pubmed-92619462022-07-10 Bodychecking experience and rates of injury among ice hockey players aged 15–17 years Eliason, Paul H. Hagel, Brent E. Palacios-Derflingher, Luz Warriyar, Vineetha Bonfield, Stephan Black, Amanda M. Mrazik, Martin Lebrun, Constance Emery, Carolyn A. CMAJ Research BACKGROUND: Although high rates of injury occur in youth ice hockey, disagreements exist about the risks and benefits of permitting bodychecking. We sought to evaluate associations between experience with bodychecking and rates of injury and concussion among ice hockey players aged 15–17 years. METHODS: We obtained data from a prospective cohort study of ice hockey players aged 15–17 years in Alberta who played in leagues that permitted bodychecking. We collected data over 3 seasons of play (2015/16–2017/18). We compared players based on experience with bodychecking (≤ 2 v. ≥ 3 yr), estimated using local and national bodychecking policy and region of play. We used validated methodology of ice hockey injury surveillance to identify all injuries related to ice hockey games and defined concussions according to the Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport. RESULTS: We included 941 players who contributed to 1168 player-seasons, with 205 players participating in more than 1 season. Compared with players with 2 years or less of bodychecking experience, those with 3 or more years of experience had higher rates of all injury (adjusted incidence rate ratio [IRR] 2.55, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.57–4.14), injury with more than 7 days of time loss (adjusted IRR 2.65, 95% CI 1.50–4.68) and concussion (adjusted IRR 2.69, 95% CI 1.34–5.42). INTERPRETATION: Among ice hockey players aged 15–17 years who participated in leagues permitting bodychecking, more experience with bodychecking did not protect against injury. This provides further support for removing bodychecking from youth ice hockey. CMA Impact Inc. 2022-06-20 2022-06-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9261946/ /pubmed/35725006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.211718 Text en © 2022 CMA Impact Inc. or its licensors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original publication is properly cited, the use is noncommercial (i.e., research or educational use), and no modifications or adaptations are made. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Hagel, Brent E.
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Warriyar, Vineetha
Bonfield, Stephan
Black, Amanda M.
Mrazik, Martin
Lebrun, Constance
Emery, Carolyn A.
Bodychecking experience and rates of injury among ice hockey players aged 15–17 years
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title_short Bodychecking experience and rates of injury among ice hockey players aged 15–17 years
title_sort bodychecking experience and rates of injury among ice hockey players aged 15–17 years
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9261946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35725006
http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.211718
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