Division of Primary Care Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, Chicago, IL.
Orion Statistical Consulting, Brookfield, WI.
Curr Sports Med Rep. 2023 Mar 1;22(3):70-72. doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000001041.
High school athletes have higher rates of injuries and sudden death than their college counterparts. Medical care for these athletes should include access to team physicians, athletic trainers, and automated external defibrillators. Disparities in medical care access provided by high schools for their athletes may be due to school characteristics or socioeconomic or racial factors. This study investigated relationships between these factors and access to team physicians, athletic trainers, and automated external defibrillators. Medical care access is negatively related to the percentage of low-income students and positively related to the number of sports offered. Relationships between race and access to a team physician became nonsignificant when the percentage of low-income students was considered. Physicians who treat high school athletes should consider the medical care access provided by their schools when they educate these patients about preventing and treating sports injuries.
高中生运动员的受伤率和猝死率高于大学生运动员。这些运动员的医疗护理应包括获得队医、运动训练师和自动体外除颤器的机会。高中为运动员提供医疗护理机会的差异可能是由于学校特点、社会经济或种族因素造成的。本研究调查了这些因素与获得队医、运动训练师和自动体外除颤器机会之间的关系。医疗护理机会与低收入学生的比例呈负相关，与提供的运动项目数量呈正相关。当考虑低收入学生的比例时，种族与获得队医机会之间的关系变得不显著。治疗高中运动员的医生在向这些患者传授预防和治疗运动损伤的知识时，应考虑其所在学校提供的医疗护理机会。
