Injury and Treatment Characteristics of Middle School-Aged Patients Under the Care of Athletic Trainers From 2010 to 2022: A Report From the Athletic Training Practice-Based Research Network.

Autor:	McCarthy, Mary, Sigmon, Taylor, Marshall, Ashley, Lam, Kenneth C., Koldenhoven, Rachel M.
Předmět:	SPORTS injuries treatment BRAIN concussion diagnosis BASKETBALL injuries ANKLE SPORTS injuries EXERCISE therapy THERMOTHERAPY MUSCULOSKELETAL system diseases HEAD RETROSPECTIVE studies DESCRIPTIVE statistics MANIPULATION therapy MIDDLE school students ATHLETES FOOTBALL injuries COLD therapy BUSINESS networks RESEARCH methodology ELECTRONIC health records MEDICAL appointments MIDDLE schools KNEE SPRAINS CLINICS DATA analysis software SOCCER injuries NOSOLOGY SYMPTOMS
Zdroj:	Journal of Athletic Training (Allen Press); Jun2024, Vol. 59 Issue 6, p649-654, 6p
Abstrakt:	Exploring sports-related musculoskeletal injuries and treatment characteristics in middle school sports may help inform patient care decisions such as appropriate medical coverage. To describe injury and treatment characteristics of middle school–aged athletes receiving care from athletic trainers within the Athletic Training Practice-Based Research Network (AT-PBRN). Descriptive study. Middle school. Middle school–aged athletes (n = 1011; male = 503, female = 506, 2 declined to answer) with sports-related musculoskeletal injuries. Electronic patient records were analyzed from the AT-PBRN from 59 athletic trainers across 14 states between 2010 and 2022. Summary statistics (frequency, percentages, median, and interquartile ranges [IQR]) were used to describe injury (age at injury, sex, sport, body part, and diagnosis) and treatment characteristics (type of treatment, number of visits, and number of procedures per visit). Football (17.7%, n = 179), basketball (17.6%, n = 178), and soccer (14.9%, n = 151) reported the highest number of injuries. The ankle (17.2%, n = 174), knee (16.5%, n = 167), and head (14.1%, n = 143) were the most common injury locations. Concussion (13.0%, n = 131), ankle strain/sprain (12.4%, n = 125), and thigh/hip/groin sprain/strain (11.1%, n = 112) were the most reported diagnoses. Therapeutic exercise or activities (27.6%, n = 1068), athletic trainer evaluation or re-evaluation (24.7%, n = 957), and hot/cold packs (19.8%, n = 766) were the most common services, with a median of 2 visits (IQR = 1 to 4) and 2 procedures (IQR = 1 to 2) per visit. Football, basketball, and soccer reported the most musculoskeletal injuries for middle school-aged athletes. Concussions were the most frequent diagnosis, followed by ankle sprains/strains. Our findings are similar to prior investigations at the high school and collegiate levels. Treatments at the middle school level were also similar to those that have been previously reported at the high school level with therapeutic exercise/activity, athletic trainer evaluation or re-evaluation, and hot/cold packs being the most common treatments. This information may be useful for informing patient care decisions at the middle-school level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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