Prevalence of adolescent physical activity-related injuries in sports, leisure time, and school: the National Physical Activity Behaviour Study for children and Adolescents
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BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of adolescent physical activity-related injuries in sports club activities, leisure time physical activity and school-based physical activity. The secondary aim was to investigate the differences in the prevalence of physical activity -related injuries between years 2014 and 2016. In addition, we set out to study the associations between age, sex and the frequency of physical activity and injury prevalence. METHODS: This cross-sectional study is based on the National Physical Activity Behaviour Study for Children and Adolescents (LIITU in Finnish) conducted in years 2014 and 2016. The subjects completed an online questionnaire in the classroom during school hours. A total of 8406 subjects participated in the current study. Out of these, 49% were boys and 51% were girls. The proportions of 11-, 13-, and 15-year-olds were 35%, 34% and 31%, respectively. RESULTS: In the combined data for 2014 and 2016, injury prevalence was higher in sports club activities (46%, 95% CI 44.8-47.8) than in leisure time PA (30%, 95% CI, 28.5-30.5) or school-based PA (18%, 95% CI, 17.4-19.1). In leisure time PA, the injury prevalence was higher than in school-based PA. In all the three settings, injury prevalence was higher in 2016 than in 2014. Frequency of PA was associated with a higher risk for PA-related injuries in sports clubs and leisure time. CONCLUSIONS: With half of the subjects reporting at least one PA-related injury during the past year, results indicate that adolescent PA-related injuries are a large-scale problem. There is a worrisome rise in injury prevalence in recent years. From a public health standpoint, there is an urgent need to invest in injury prevention to reverse this trend.
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Evidence suggests high numbers of injuries when participating in sports-related activities, unorganised activities and high-risk sports (eg, ice hockey).
“with the evidence suggesting high numbers of injuries when participating in sports-related activities,124 unorganised activities125 and high-risk sports (eg, ice hockey).126”
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Physical activity and health in Chinese children and adolescents: expert consensus statement (2020)
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- Authors
- Räisänen, A. M., Kokko, S., Pasanen, K., Leppänen, M., Rimpelä, A., Villberg, J., & Parkkari, J.
- Affiliations
- Urho Kaleva Kekkonen Institute (FI)
- University of Jyväskylä (FI)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- Tampere University (FI)
- Corresponding author
- Räisänen, Anu M.
- ORCID
- Venue
- BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Published
- 2018-02-15
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 58-58
- ISSN
- 1471-2474 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5815200
- OpenAlex
- W2788989627
- Cited by
- 49
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 3
- FWCI
- 5.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Tampere University Institutional Repository (Tampere University) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Jyväskylä University Digital Archive (University of Jyväskylä) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Libraries and Cultural Resources (University of Calgary) (submittedVersion)
- Tampere University Institutional Repository (Tampere University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Opetus- ja Kulttuuriministeriö (OKM/10/626/2014 and OKM/89/626/2015)
- the Competitive State Research Financing of the Expert Responsibility area of Tampere University Hospital (Grant 9S047 and 9T046)
- The Scientific Council of City of Tampere
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Sports injuries and prevention
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Keywords
- adolescents, sports club activities, leisure-time physical activity, school-based physical activity, injury prevalence, injury trends, physical activity frequency, injury prevention, sex differences, age differences
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Athletic Injuries, Child, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Finland, Humans, Leisure Activities, Male, Schools, Sports, Exercise, Prevalence, Databases, Factual
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