Population
14,318 student athletes in grades 7 to 12 at a private school in Honolulu participating in 32 sports.
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
8 years
Authors
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Supports equitable injury monitoring for boys and girls in non-collision high school sports; leaves open targeted strategies for collision sports.
In a large high school cohort, football and soccer caused the highest injury rates, but excluding collision sports, boys and girls had similar overall injury rates.
Beachy et al. (1997) studied this question.
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