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Prior injury common in adolescent athletes; leaves open whether targeted screening reduces recurrence risk in prospective studies.
The number of adolescents participating in high school athletics has doubled over the past 30 years, surpassing 7 million participants in 2007–2008.1 With increased participation has come heightened focus on the increasing number of adolescent sports injuries. Previous injury has been identified as a risk factor for sustaining a subsequent sports injury.2–4 We anticipate that many adolescents participating in high school sports have previously sustained a sports-related injury that needs identification prior to future sports participation. Our objectives were to identify previous sports injury among competitive high school athletes entering a new sports season.
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