Why the study?
The study aimed to determine the epidemiology of sport-related injuries in amateur and professional adolescent athletes and examine the incidence of risk factors associated with those injuries.
Comparison
Risk factors associated with sport-related injuries
Design
Prospective injury surveillance study
Follow-up
1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019
Authors
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Substantial injury rates in adolescent athletes may warrant preventive strategies; leaves open efficacy of targeting modifiable risks in randomized trials.
A prospective surveillance study found a high injury rate among adolescent athletes, strongly associated with modifiable risk factors such as lack of warm-up and inadequate facilities.
Prieto-González et al. (2021) studied this question.
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