Sports injuries
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q2093360
Library of congress:
sh 85126888
Sources of Information
- LC database, Aug. 14, 1993(sports injuries) Feb. 24, 2005 (sporting injuries)
- MESH(Athletic Injuries)
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Wikipedia description:
Sports injuries occur during participation in sports or exercise in general. Globally, around 40% of individuals engage in some form of regular exercise or organized sports, with upwards of 60% of US high school students participating in one or more sports. Sports injuries account for 15 - 20% of annual acute care visits with an incidence of 1.79 - 6.36 injuries per 1,000 hours of participation. Sports injuries can be broken down into the types of injuries, risk factors and prevention, and the overall impact that injuries have on athletes.
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