Leipman Jessica, Shahriar Rajin
Norton College of Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA.
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA.
Orthop J Sports Med. 2023 Oct 26;11(10):23259671231205317. doi: 10.1177/23259671231205317. eCollection 2023 Oct.
The first 2 years of the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic had a profound effect on youth sports participation.
The primary aim of this study was to explore the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth sports injury patterns, with a secondary aim of comparing organized team and individual sport-related injuries in diverse age groups.
Descriptive epidemiology study.
The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) was searched to identify injuries sustained by patients aged 11 to 23 years while playing organized team or individual sports from 2017 to 2021. We investigated reports of concussions, dislocations, fractures, and sprains/strains.
Between 2017 and 2021, there were 58,721 and 3778 team and individual sport-related injuries, respectively. When compared with the prepandemic years, there was a 57.07% decrease in 2020 and 22.31% decrease in 2021 for the number of organized team sport-related injuries. Organized individual sport-related injuries had a 56.24% and 35.18% decrease in number in 2020 and 2021, respectively. Male patients were most likely to be injured in team sports (81.0%), and female patients were most likely to be injured in individual sports (67.1%). High school athletes sustained the majority of injuries in team (57.0%) and individual (51.2%) sports. The years 2020 and 2021 saw a decrease in proportion of sprains/strains and an increase in proportion of fractures.
The number of organized sport-related injuries reported to emergency departments decreased in 2020, and despite vaccinations and easing of social distancing, the 2021 value did not return to what it was prepandemic. As coronavirus-related restrictions have eased, there should be careful monitoring of sports injuries among youth athletes.
2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行的头两年对青少年体育参与产生了深远影响。
本研究的主要目的是探讨COVID-19大流行对青少年运动损伤模式的影响，次要目的是比较不同年龄组有组织的团队运动和个人运动相关损伤情况。
描述性流行病学研究。
检索国家电子损伤监测系统（NEISS），以确定2017年至2021年期间11至23岁患者在进行有组织的团队或个人运动时所受的损伤。我们调查了脑震荡、脱位、骨折和扭伤/拉伤的报告。
2017年至2021年期间，分别有58721例和3778例团队运动和个人运动相关损伤。与大流行前的年份相比，2020年有组织的团队运动相关损伤数量下降了57.07%，2021年下降了22.31%。2020年和2021年，有组织的个人运动相关损伤数量分别下降了56.24%和35.18%。男性患者在团队运动中受伤的可能性最大（81.0%），女性患者在个人运动中受伤的可能性最大（67.1%）。高中运动员在团队运动（57.0%）和个人运动（51.2%）中受伤的比例最高。2020年和2021年，扭伤/拉伤的比例下降，骨折的比例上升。
2020年向急诊科报告的有组织的运动相关损伤数量有所下降，尽管接种了疫苗且社交距离有所放宽，但2021年的数值并未恢复到大流行前的水平。随着与冠状病毒相关的限制措施放宽，应密切监测青少年运动员的运动损伤情况。
