Key result
An increase in youth sports participation in the United States over the past two decades has been accompanied by an increase in rates of sports injury in the pediatric population.
Population
Pediatric athletes in the United States
Design
Review
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Highlights rising pediatric sports injury burden; hypothesis-generating for prevention strategies and causal research.
Highlights the increasing rates of sports injuries among pediatric athletes in the US and the need for providers to understand their epidemiology.
Gottschalk et al. (2011) conducted a review in Sports Injury. An increase in youth sports participation in the United States over the past two decades has been accompanied by an increase in rates of sports injury in the pediatric population.