Increased Risk of Fracture, Dislocation, and Hospitalization Are Associated With Collision in Contact Sports.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To quantitatively determine whether there is an added risk of orthopaedic injury attributable to the collision forces that athletes participating in collision-contact (CC) sports regularly encounter.

Methods

The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System was used to collect data on patients presenting to an emergency department with a contact sports-related injury between 2014 and 2020. Select contact sports were classified as either belonging to a CC or noncollision-contact (NCC) sports group based on involvement of frequent and intentional player-to-player collisions.

Results

From 2014 to 2020, 25,784 patients with team-based sports related injuries presented to an emergency department, of whom 7,591 sustained an injury during a CC sport and 18,193 durin

SUBMITTER: Braaten JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10410130 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature