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AAP Grand Rounds 4:38 (2000)
© 2000 American Academy of Pediatrics

SPORTS MEDICINE

Sports Injuries in High School: Boys and Girls

Source: Powell JW, Barber-Foss KD. Sex-related injury patterns among selected high school sports. Am J Sports Med. 2000;28:385–391.

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A three-year, national study of 39,032 player-seasons (53.5% boys; 46.5% girls) was conducted to study the incidence of injuries among boys and girls participating in different sports. From 1995–1998, 246 athletic trainers reported injury data using the NATA (National Athletic Trainers Association) Injury Surveillance Study in which severity is categorized by days lost from participation: minor (<8 days), moderate (8–21 days), and severe (>21 days). There were 8,988 (50.7% boys; . . . [Full Text of this Article]

E.F. Luckstead, MD, FAAP
Sports Medicine, Texas Tech Medical School, Amarillo, TX

 





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