Language Acculturation and Pediatric Injury Risk

Background: Kickball is a popular childhood game most frequently played during gym class or recess at schools throughout the United States (US). Despite this, the national health burden of injuries associated with kickball has never been explored in the US pediatric population. Purpose: To report national estimates and demographic characteristics of pediatric patients presenting to US emergency departments between 2000 and 2017 with kickball-associated injuries. Study Design: Descriptive epidemiology study. Methods: This study retrospectively analyzed the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) database (2000-2017) to identify annual cases of injuries associated with playing kickball presenting to US emergency departments in the pediatric population (age ≤18 years). Results: On average, 10,644 (95% CI, 8671-12,618) pediatric kickball-associated injuries presented to US emergency departments each year. There was no significant change in the number of injuries between the years 2000 (n = 10,331; 95% CI, 7781-12,881) and 2017 (n = 9407; 95% CI, 7233-11,582) ( P = .64). Patients frequently sustained sprains, strains, or muscle tears (34.4%; 95% CI, 32.4%-36.5%) and fractures (24.8%; 95% CI, 23.1%-26.5%); these injuries most commonly affected the ankle (13.7%; 95% CI, 12.2%-15.2%) and the fingers of the hand (17.1%; 95% CI, 15.5%-18.7%). The greatest proportion of injuries occurred in male patients (60.7%; 95% CI, 58.7%-62.7%) who were 10 to 12 years of age (44.8%; 95% CI, 43.0%-46.6%), with over half of kickball-associated injuries occurring at school (54.1%; 95% CI, 50.7%-57.5%). Conclusion: Despite kickball’s ubiquity as a schoolyard game, its associated injuries remain largely underappreciated. This is particularly unjustified when considering that the annual pediatric injury burden associated with playing kickball surpasses that of other sports acknowledged as carrying a high injury risk, such as martial arts or tennis.

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Using Test Dummy Experiments to Investigate Pediatric Injury Risk in Simulated Short-Distance Falls

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine ◽

10.1001/archpedi.157.5.480 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 157 (5) ◽

pp. 480 ◽

Cited By ~ 35

Author(s):

Gina E. Bertocci ◽

Mary Clyde Pierce ◽

Ernest Deemer ◽

Fernando Aguel ◽

Janine E. Janosky ◽

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Keyword(s):

Short Distance ◽

Injury Risk ◽

Pediatric Injury

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Nocturnal Awakenings and Pediatric Injury Risk

Journal of Pediatric Psychology ◽

10.1093/jpepsy/jsm109 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 33 (3) ◽

pp. 323-332 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

D. C. Schwebel ◽

C. M. Brezausek

Keyword(s):

Injury Risk ◽

Pediatric Injury

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Corrigendum to “Influence of wet surfaces and fall height on pediatric injury risk in feet-first freefalls as predicted using a test dummy” [Med. Eng. Phys. 27 (2004) 31–39]

Medical Engineering & Physics ◽

10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.01.001 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 27 (5) ◽

pp. 435-437

Author(s):

Ernest Deemer ◽

Gina Bertocci ◽

Mary Clyde Pierce ◽

Fernando Aguel ◽

Janine Janosky ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Injury Risk ◽

Pediatric Injury ◽

Fall Height

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Clinical Update: Functional Capacity Evaluations—An Update

Guides Newsletter ◽

10.1001/amaguidesnewsletters.1999.sepoct02 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 4 (5) ◽

pp. 4-7 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Laura Welch

Keyword(s):

Job Performance ◽

Functional Capacity ◽

Injury Risk ◽

Disability Evaluation ◽

Time Period ◽

Submaximal Effort ◽

Lack Of Sleep ◽

Overall Performance ◽

Time Required ◽

Specific Limitation

Abstract Functional capacity evaluations (FCEs) have become an important component of disability evaluation during the past 10 years to assess an individual's ability to perform the essential or specific functions of a job, both preplacement and during rehabilitation. Evaluating both job performance and physical ability is a complex assessment, and some practitioners are not yet certain that an FCE can achieve these goals. An FCE is useful only if it predicts job performance, and factors that should be assessed include overall performance; consistency of performance across similar areas of the FCE; consistency between observed behaviors during the FCE and limitations or abilities reported by the worker; objective changes (eg, blood pressure and pulse) that are appropriate relative to performance; external factors (illness, lack of sleep, or medication); and a coefficient of variation that can be measured and assessed. FCEs can identify specific movement patterns or weaknesses; measure improvement during rehabilitation; identify a specific limitation that is amenable to accommodation; and identify a worker who appears to be providing a submaximal effort. FCEs are less reliable at predicting injury risk; they cannot tell us much about endurance over a time period longer than the time required for the FCE; and the FCE may measure simple muscular functions when the job requires more complex ones.

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Shoe Inserts May Lower ACL Injury Risk In Female Athletes

Rheumatology News ◽

10.1016/s1541-9800(08)70066-8 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 28

Author(s):

HEIDI SPLETE

Keyword(s):

Injury Risk ◽

Female Athletes ◽

Acl Injury ◽

Acl Injury Risk ◽

Shoe Inserts

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STUDY OF PEDIATRIC INJURIES: PATTERNS AND OUTCOME

International Journal of Medical and Biomedical Studies ◽

10.32553/ijmbs.v3i8.485 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (8) ◽

Author(s):

Yasir. B. Elshambaty

Keyword(s):

School Level ◽

Common Mechanism ◽

Injury Patterns ◽

Severe Injuries ◽

Injured Child ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Pediatric Injuries ◽

Pediatric Injury ◽

The Common ◽

Structured Questionnaire

Purpose this study aims to show the patterns and outcome of pediatric injury among those living in Albaha region in Saudi Arabia Methods this is a cross-sectional descriptive household-based study, included children between 0-17 years old both male and female. The data were collected with structured questionnaire between 20 Nov – 20 Dec 2018 and analyzed with SPSS version 25 Results the total of participants was 257 injured child. 199(77.4%) are male and 58(22.6%) are female. About 44%of them were injured at pre-school level and 56% were traumatized at school age. The least incidence of injury occurred in those less than 2 yrs and higher incidence in those between 3-10 yrs old. The most common mechanism of injury was falling from height. The most affected group age by RTA accidents was 11-17 yrs old. Approximately 83% of the injured children required hospital management. Only one third of the injuries were associated complications. The most common injured anatomic part was the upper limb and the least affected part was the spine. Only 5% of the injuries were associated with a disability and the common was loss of organ or part of it. Paralysis occurred in less than 1% and head injury resulted in disabilities more than 1%. Conclusion the vast majority of the injuries in our participants are not serious. The severe injuries were associated with RTA-related trauma. Most of injuries due to falling from height are not serious. We recommend not to allow the children to drive cars. Keywords: pediatric injuries; injury patterns; household.

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