Epidemiology of Pediatric Sports Injuries: Team Sports (Medicine and Sport Science, Vol. 49)

Is the risk of injury greater in some sport activities than in others? What types of injuries are most common? Are some children prone to sports injury? Are some physical, psychological, or sport-related factors associated with an increased risk of injury? Can injury be prevented and if so, how? Epidemiology of Pediatric Sport Injuries answers these and more questions which sports medicine personnel and coaches should be prepared to face. Focussed on team sports like Baseball, Basketball, Gridirion Football, Ice Hockey, Rugby, and Soccer, this publication integratively reviews the existing data on the distribution and determinants of injury in children and youth athletes. Further, the book includes a chapter on the identification of the epidemiological approach and concludes with suggestions of injury prevention measures and guidelines for further research. Together with the previous volume, Individual Sports, the two publications present the first comprehensive compilation and critical analysis of epidemiological data over a wide range of children's and youth sports. Reviews integratively the existing data on distribution and determinants of injury rates in a variety of sports, and suggests injury prevention measures and guidelines for furthur reearch. This volume focuses on individual sports, such as gynmnastics, equestrian, martial arts, skiing and snowboarding, tennis, wrestling, as well as track and field injuries. Sports scientists and healthcare professionals should find this publication useful in identifying the areas in which appropriate preventive measures can be initiated to reduce the risk and severity of injury Caine (Physical Education, Western Washington University) and Maffulli (Keele University School of Medicine, UK) review the existing data on injury rates in a variety of sports. This volume in the Medicine & Sport Science series focuses on individual sports, including gymnastics, martial arts, and tennis, while the next volume will discuss team sport [1] Individual sports -- volume editors, Dennis J. Caine, Nicola Maffulli -- [2] Team sports-- volume editors, Dennis J. Caine, Nicola Maffuli.