Reuters – Kathryn Doyle
“The number of U.S. kids ages five to 18 years old going to the emergency department for sports injuries increased yearly between 2001 and 2013, according to a new study. Three quarters of all injuries that required emergency treatment were linked to four sports: football, soccer, baseball and basketball – although the proportion tied to baseball and basketball dropped over the study period. While the raw number of sports-related injuries increased overall, it is not clear from this data if injuries actually became more common in youth sports, or if more kids were participating in sports over time and the injury rate did not change, said senior author Teresa Maria Bell of Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis.”(more)