Youth and adolescent male ice hockey players at increased risk of fractures: a 20-year analysis of national injury data
While the overall number of fractures amongst male ice hockey players decreased yearly until the COVID-19 pandemic, a sharp increase in fractures was observed, reaching a record high in 2022. Additionally, the hand was the most commonly fractured part of the body, and adolescents have the highest risk of fractures from ice hockey.
Authors
- David A. Forsh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7346-1594)
- Robert L. Parisien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7562-8375)
- Bradford O. Parsons (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7264-7282)
- Salvatore Capotosto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5914-6560)
- Christopher A. White (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8582-6105)
- Jennifer Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8961-9335)
- Uma Balachandran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5002-9978)
- Niklas H. Koehne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8542-1363)
- Charu Jain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7868-2561)
- Luca M Valdivia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5184-6958)
Institutions
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Physician and Sportsmedicine
- Published
- 2025-11-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00913847.2025.2597178
- Primary Topic
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00