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Overuse injuries a common issue for collegiate and high school athletes
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According to recently published data, overuse injury is a significant issue facing athletes at the collegiate and high school levels.
Researchers analyzed injury surveillance data across 16 NCAA sports from seasons 2004 to 2005 through 2008 to 2009 and online injury reporting data across 14 high school sports from seasons 2006 to 2007 through 2012 to 2013. Overuse injuries, both gradual onset and chronic, were evaluated and incidence rates were determined.
Collegiate sports were 3.28-times more likely to produce an overuse injury than high school sports. Among sports that were comparable between sexes, overuse injury was higher both in collegiate (1.25-times more likely) and high school (1.55-times more likely) athletics in female athletes than male athletes. Additionally, the researchers found overuse injury resulted in surgery and more than 21 days of lost time more often in collegiate (5.2% and 20.4%, respectively) than high school athletics (2.5% and 7.7%, respectively).
Among both collegiate (69.4%) and high school (70.4%) athletes, the lower extremity was the most commonly injured region, according to the researchers. – by Christian Ingram
Disclosures: Roos reports no relevant financial disclosures. Please see the full study for a list of all other authors’ relevant financial disclosures.
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