Epidemiology of injuries in united states high school track and field jumping events from 2008 – 2019
This study describes injury characteristics of high school track and field jumping athletes from 2008 to 2019. We found an overall injury rate of 1.33 injuries per 10,000 AEs. Higher overall rates of jumping-related injuries occurred during competitions than in practice, and female athletes displayed a significantly higher rate of injuries during practices compared to male athletes.
Authors
- Michelle T. Barrack (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0897-1832)
- Hye Chang Rhim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7986-6493)
- Kayle Noble-Taylor
- Rachel Reichenbach
- Mitchell J. Rauh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5989-0306)
- Adam Sebastian Tenforde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3966-8070)
- Toqa Afifi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8532-4721)
- Joseph C. Ruiz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5389-1604)
Institutions
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Arizona (US)
- San Diego State University (US)
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- California State University, Long Beach (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Physician and Sportsmedicine
- Published
- 2024-08-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00913847.2024.2394850
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.48