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Football, basketball, and soccer lead pediatric sports hospitalizations, while gymnastics has the highest ED admission rate.
Football, basketball, and soccer cause the most sports-related hospitalizations in children, while gymnastics has the highest ED admission rate, highlighting targets for injury prevention.
May warrant targeted prevention in youth football, basketball, soccer, and gymnastics; extends ED data to hospitalizations and leaves open optimal interventions.
Football, basketball, and soccer contribute the majority of sports-related hospitalizations, consistent with known rates of participation and injury risk. Gymnastics has the highest admission rate among those presenting to the emergency department, commonly from upper extremity fractures. Males and those injured on the weekend are at increased risk for hospitalization. These findings should inform preventative efforts to reduce the risk of significant injury leading to hospitalization in young athletes.
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Schluttenhofer et al. (2026) studied this question. Football, basketball, and soccer contribute the majority of pediatric sports hospitalizations, while gymnastics has the highest admission rate among emergency department visits.
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