Youth Track Injuries

YOUTH TRACK INJURIES track injuries in youth OVER 36% age 10-18 years increased between 1991 and 2008 THERE WERE AN ESTIMATED 159,663 INJURIES TREATED IN US EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS FROM 1991 TO 2008 BODY REGION INJURED 16.7 TYPES OF INJURIES 13.8 trunk 31.5 Isprains andjor strains I fractures & dislocations 52.8 lower extremities 51.8 other injuries 19.0 upper extremities 17.5 23.1 EVENT DURING WHICH 59.4 INJURIES Irunning I hurdies OCCRRED PARTICIPATION IN YOUTH TRACK INCREASED FROM MORE THAN 100,000 IN THE 2002-03 SEASON TO MORE THAN 1,000,000 IN THE 2008-09 SEASON It is etimated that 76% of parțcipants Sustain an injury SINGLE track season d Nen NG, berts KAM.e aied | NEISS INational Electonry Survelance Systenm as many aS