The large population of young people combined with the current popularity of sports has produced the largest number of sports participants in the history of our country. In 1978, the number of young people participating in high school athletics alone was cited to be 5.5 million.1 Although encouraging from both a sociologic and preventive health standpoint, an undesirable consequence of this level of participation is the high rate of injuries and death. Increasing attention is being paid to these problems, and as a result the
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Strong et al. (1982) studied this question.