title: Epidemiology of yoga-related injuries in Canada from 1991 to 2010: a case series study.
abstract: The aim is to describe the epidemiology of yoga injuries presenting to select Canadian emergency departments (EDs). Those who presented with a yoga injury to a Canadian ED participating in the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program and had completed a data collection form between 1991 and 2010 were included. Demographic and injury characteristics were tabulated and injury profiles of children were compared to adults. Sixty-six individuals (48 female, 18 male) who sustained 67 injuries were included. The median age was 19 (intraquartile range: 13, 32) and 73% of individuals were injured after 2005 (p = 0.0003). Sprain was the most common injury (23/67, 34%) and the most common body region injured was the lower extremity (27/67, 42%). Significantly more children were injured while being instructed than adults (p = 0.003) but more adults required treatment (p = 0.023). Although yoga-related injuries presenting to an ED are not common, the number of injuries are increasing.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Pediatrics and Child Health , University of Manitoba , Winnipeg , Canada.
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.affiliation: a Department of Pediatrics and Child Health , University of Manitoba , Winnipeg , Canada.
authors.forename: Shantel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gushue
authors.affiliation: b Hospital for Sick Children , Toronto , Canada.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Richmond
authors.affiliation: c Injury and Child Maltreatment Section - Health Surveillance and Epidemiology Division , Public Health Agency of Canada , Ottawa , Canada.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McFaull
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D013180:Sprains and Strains / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D015013:Yoga; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: case series; epidemiology; injury; surveillance; yoga