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Article: New epidemiology study findings have been reported by D.M. Swenson and colleagues.
- Article from:
- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- September 9, 2009
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"High school sports participants sustain millions of injuries annually; many are recurrent injuries that can be more severe than new injuries. Recurrent injury patterns differ from new injury patterns by sport and gender," researchers in the United States report (see also Epidemiology).
"Descriptive epidemiology study. High school sports injury data for the 2005 through 2008 academic years were collected via High School Reporting Information Online (RIO) from a nationally representative sample of 100 US high schools. From 2005 through 2008, certified athletic trainers reported 13 755 injuries during 5 627 921 athlete exposures (24.4 injuries per 10 000 athlete ...