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Health Care for Rural High School Athletes: Injury Rates, Risk Factors, and Implications: A Preliminary Analysis

Driscoll, Erin M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1187377942

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2007, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Athletic Training (Health and Human Services).
Objective: To determine the rate and risk of injury associated with high school athletic participation and assess the licensed athletic trainer’s (LAT) role as the point of first contact for non-athletic orthopedic and nonorthopedic conditions suffered by nonathletes and athletes. Participants: Eight southeastern Ohio high schools with 2,202 athletes, ranging in age from 13 to 19 (15.8±1.2). Methods: Injury information was submitted to the researchers by the LAT. Main Outcome Measures: Frequency, clinical incidence rates, and injury rates. Results: Over 3 seasons 651 orthopedic and 41 nonorthopedic conditions were reported. Twenty-one of the 651 orthopedic injuries were non-athletic related. Football sustained the most injuries. Strains (24.7%) were the most common orthopedic injury. Influenza (14.6%) was the most common nonorthopedic condition. Conclusion: Injury rates were higher than previous literature. Lower extremity was consistent with literature for most frequently injured body area. Nonorthopedic conditions were reported higher than other research.
Chad Starkey (Advisor)
74 p.
Health Sciences, Public Health
Epidemiology; High School; Injuries; Athletic Training; Athletics

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  • Driscoll, E. M. (2007). Health Care for Rural High School Athletes: Injury Rates, Risk Factors, and Implications: A Preliminary Analysis [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1187377942

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Driscoll, Erin. Health Care for Rural High School Athletes: Injury Rates, Risk Factors, and Implications: A Preliminary Analysis. 2007. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1187377942.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Driscoll, Erin. "Health Care for Rural High School Athletes: Injury Rates, Risk Factors, and Implications: A Preliminary Analysis." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1187377942

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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