Risk Factors of Sports-Related Injury in School-Aged Children and Adolescents: A Retrospective Questionnaire Survey

Ryosuke Shigematsu, Shuta Katoh, Koya Suzuki, Yoshio Nakata and Hiroyuki Sasai
Additional contact information
Ryosuke Shigematsu: Faculty of Education, Mie University, Tsu 514-8507, Mie, Japan
Shuta Katoh: Faculty of Education, Mie University, Tsu 514-8507, Mie, Japan
Koya Suzuki: Department of Sports Science, Juntendo University, Inzai 270-1695, Chiba, Japan
Yoshio Nakata: Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8577, Ibaraki, Japan
Hiroyuki Sasai: Research Team for Promoting Independence and Mental Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Itabashi 173-0015, Tokyo, Japan

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 14, 1-13

Abstract: Studies conducting quantitative surveys in school-aged children and adolescents help identify sports-related risk factors for acute and overuse injuries are scarce. This study aimed to quantify the risk factors for sports-related injury in school-aged children and adolescents by school categories. University students ( n = 484) retrospectively recalled their sports experiences and related injuries in a questionnaire according to the following school categories: lower elementary school (LE), upper elementary school (UE), junior high school (JH), and high school (H). Both sports-related acute and overuse injuries were recorded. After adjusting various covariates, weekly hours in sports were identified as a significant risk factor in LE and UE. The interaction of weekly hours in sports and sports specialization was significant in LE and UE, suggesting that early specialization would be a risk factor in lower school categories. In JH and H, female sex, high-level competition, and injury experienced in a previous school category were significantly related to sports-related injuries. In conclusion, weekly hours in sports, high-level competitions, previous injury experience, and sex were confirmed as risk factors in specific school categories. Most identified risk factors are modifiable, suggesting that sports-related injuries can be prevented in school-aged children and adolescents.

Keywords: Bukatsu; extracurricular activities; injury epidemiology; Japan; school sports (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/14/8662/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/14/8662/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:14:p:8662-:d:864225

Access Statistics for this article

IJERPH is currently edited by Ms. Jenna Liu

More articles in IJERPH from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().