Sports-related injuries and illnesses amongst adolescent athletes in an urban sports medicine practice setting: a one-year prospective study
Male athletes experienced a higher incidence of medical encounters. Injuries were more prevalent in team sports participants, while illnesses were more common in individual athletes. Lower limb injuries, particularly joint and muscle sprains and respiratory infections, cause short-term time loss. This highlights the need for sport-specific injury and illness prevention in adolescent athletes.
Authors
- Dimakatso Ramagole (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5341-6080)
- Dina C. Janse van Rensburg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1058-6992)
- Pieter‐Henk Boer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3622-2599)
- Audrey Jansen van Rensburg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1749-5073)
- Celeste Van Loggerenberg
Institutions
- Cape Peninsula University of Technology (ZA)
- University of Pretoria (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- South African Journal of Sports Medicine
- Published
- 2025-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.17159/2078-516x/2025/v37i1a20756
- Primary Topic
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00