title: Playing through pain: sports participation and nonmedical use of opioid medications among adolescents.
abstract: We assessed the nonmedical use of prescription opioids (NMUPO) among adolescents who participate in competitive sports. Using data from Monitoring the Future, we found that adolescent participants in high-injury sports had 50% higher odds of NMUPO than adolescents who did not participate in these types of sports (i.e., nonparticipants and participants in other sports). Detecting certain subpopulations of youths at risk for NMUPO should be a central concern among health care providers.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. ptveliz@umich.edu
authors.forename: Philip T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Veliz
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boyd
authors.forename: Sean E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: McCabe
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D055553:Prescription Drugs; D012307:Risk Factors; D013177:Sports / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D055553:Prescription Drugs