Child participation in collision sports and football: what influences parental decisions?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Sport participation promotes health benefits for children. Current media and scientific coverage of sport-related head injury may influence a parent's decision on sports participation. Physicians must understand what influences these decisions to effectively counsel patients and families. This study sought to better understand and quantify the parental decisions to allow/disallow collision sports, including football participation.

Methods

A 31-question survey related to child/parent demographics, sports history, and influences to allow/disallow sport participation was available to parents in the United States through a national volunteer registry, between November 2016 and September 2019. Pearson's chi-squared and Wilcoxon's signed-rank test were used to analyze ca

SUBMITTER: Hibshman N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10565646 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature