Lacrosse Related Injuries

NewsBot · Aug 19, 2020

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Lacrosse-Related Injuries among Boys and Girls Treated in U.S. Emergency Departments, 2000–2016
Joseph M.Bano et al
Journal of Sport and Health Science; 15 August 2020, 654

Highlights
•The rate of lacrosse-related injuries have fluctuated, with injuries per 100,000 significantly increasing from 2000 to 2012 and significantly decreasing from 2012 to 2016.
•Boys were more likely than girls to be injured by contact with a stick or another player and were more likely to injure their upper extremities. A larger proportion of girls sustained concussions or closed head injuries.
•Injuries differed by age. Older youth players were less often injured by contact with the lacrosse stick or another player.
•Our findings support the continued development and implementation of risk-mitigating rules targeting specific sex and age categories among youth lacrosse players.
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Background
Lacrosse is one of the fastest-growing sports in the United States. Its rules regarding permitted contact differ by sex and age. There are no known studies utilizing a nationally representative data set to analyze lacrosse injury patterns by sex and age in the youth population over several years.

Methods
A retrospective analysis was performed using data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System for youth aged 11–18 years who were treated for lacrosse-related injuries in U.S. emergency departments (EDs) from 2000 to 2016. Based on our review of the case narratives, we created and coded a new injury mechanism variable. We generated national estimates from 6406 cases.

Results
An estimated 206,274 lacrosse-related injuries to youths aged 11–18 years were treated in U.S. EDs from 2000 to 2016. The rate of injuries per 10,000 significantly increased from 1.9 in 2000 to a peak of 5.3 in 2012 (p < 0.0001), followed by a significant decreasing to 3.4 in 2016 (p = 0.020). Injury mechanism, body part injured, and diagnosis differed by sex. Boys were 1.62 times (95%CI: 1.25–2.09) more likely than girls to be injured by player-to-player contact. Girls were 2.21 times (95%CI: 1.96–2.49) more likely than boys to have non-contact injuries. Overall, as age increased, the percentage of injuries from lacrosse sticks decreased and player-to-player contact increased.

Conclusion
Despite additional protective regulations in the sport, lacrosse is an important source of injury where we continue to see differences by sex and age. This study supports the continuation, modification, and addition of rules aimed at reducing lacrosse injury risk.
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NewsBot · Jan 5, 2022

Incidence of injuries among lacrosse athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Laith K Hasan et al
Phys Sportsmed. 2021 Dec 30;1-8

Objectives: The purpose of this systematic review was to determine the incidence of injuries among lacrosse athletes and the differences in rates of injury by location and gender.

Methods: The PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines were implemented to conduct this systematic review.[1] The following variables were extracted from each of the included articles: location of injury, gender of patient, and incidence of injury among study population. The methodological quality of the included studies was assessed using mixed-methods appraisal tool (MMAT) version 2018.[2] Estimated rates were reported as pooled proportion with 95% CI. Rates of injury were calculated as a rate per 1000 athletic exposures (AEs), defined as an athlete participating in 1 practice or competition in which he or she was exposed to the possibility of athletic injury.

Results: This study found that the highest injury rate among lacrosse athletes was to the lower leg/ankle/foot with a rate of 0.66 injuries per 1000 AEs (95% CI, 0.51, 0.82). This injury pattern was also found to be the highest among both male and female lacrosse athletes. No statistical significance was detected when comparing rates of injury across gender, regardless of location. The injury pattern with the lowest rates of injury for female athletes being to the shoulder/clavicle and the neck for male athletes.

Conclusion: The highest rate of injury among lacrosse athletes was to the lower leg/ankle/foot. As participation in lacrosse continues to rise, there is a greater need for understanding the rate of injury and injury characteristics for physicians and trainers to provide effective care to lacrosse athletes.
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