title: Trends in paediatric sports-related injuries presenting to US emergency departments, 2001-2013.
abstract: This descriptive epidemiology study describes trends in paediatric sports-related injuries resulting from 21 selected sports presenting to US emergency departments (EDs) over a 13-year period. The study was a retrospective study using data from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission's National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) for years 2001-2013. Inclusion criteria included people in the NEISS for injuries related to one of the 21 selected sports and between the ages of 5 and 18 years. Frequencies and linear regressions were calculated using provided sample weights. The results indicated there was a statistically significant increase of 10 010 nationally estimated selected sports-related injuries per year. Football, basketball, soccer and baseball resulted in 74.7% of the total national estimate for sports-related injuries presenting to US EDs for 2001-2013 for children aged 5-18 years. The results indicate that the number of paediatric sports-related injuries treated in US EDs has increased annually from 2001 to 2013.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
authors.forename: Demetria R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Bayt
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
authors.forename: Teresa M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention / Q000379:methods*; D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology