robwbright
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The recent post about child custody got me thinking about injury incidence in MX vs. other sports. Here are a couple links and pastes comparing MX and Football - I have no idea how accurate or skewed the stats might be. It is interesting, though:
The incidence of motocross injuries: a 12-year investigation
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/...ve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15133584
We retrospectively evaluated 1,500 accidents with 1,870 rider injuries out of a group of 15,870 athletes participating in European off-road competition from 1980 to 1991. . .
The overall incidence of motocross injuries in our study was 94.5 per thousand, while stadium cross competitions had a 150 per thousand rate and outdoor motocross a rate of 76 per thousand representing a risk of accident of 22.72 per thousand hours of riding. . .
Among the total of 1,870 injuries, 1076 were bruises (57.5% of injuries were bruises);
There were 450 fractures recorded (24% of injuries fractures),
Ligamentous lesions accounted for 344 cases (18.4%).
Head trauma was noted in 86 cases (5.7% of accidents) producing coma in 3%, and loss of consciousness in 14%.
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Incidence of injury in Texas high school football
http://ajs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/20/5/575
Based on evaluation of 100 high schools in the State of Texas during a single football season (1989).
[Note that ALL of these injuries required the athlete to miss all or part of a game or practice. Thus, it is unlikely that most bruises are included in the following numbers.]
A total of 4399 athletes in varsity football programs participated in the study.
There were 2228 injuries, as defined in the study, during the period of study, giving an incidence of injury of 0.506 injury per athlete per year.
Severe injuries--those requiring hospitalization--were found in 137 cases, for an incidence rate of 0.031 injury per athlete per year. The incidence of reportable defined injury was calculated to be 0.003 injury per hour of exposure per student athlete.
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Injuries in Pop Warner Football
http://www.popwarner.com/football/footballsafety.asp?lable=safety
The injury rate in Pop Warner Football is:
• less than one-third the injury rate in high school football
• less than one-fifth the injury rate in college football
• less than one-ninth the injury rate in professional football
• Pop Warner's age-weight schematic protects younger, lighter players, who do not have higher injury rates.
• Organized football among 5 – 15 year-olds has 12 percent fewer injuries per capita than organized soccer in the same age range
• Organized football among 5 – 15 year-olds has 50 percent fewer injuries per capita than bicycle riding in the same age range.
• Organized football among 5 – 15 year-olds has 74 percent fewer injuries per capita than skateboarding in the same age group.
The injury experience of 5,128 boys (8 to 15 years of age, weight 22.5 to 67.5 kg [50 to 150 lb]) participating in youth football revealed an overall rate of significant injury of 5%, with 61% classified as moderate and 38.9% as major injuries.
The incidence of motocross injuries: a 12-year investigation
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/...ve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15133584
We retrospectively evaluated 1,500 accidents with 1,870 rider injuries out of a group of 15,870 athletes participating in European off-road competition from 1980 to 1991. . .
The overall incidence of motocross injuries in our study was 94.5 per thousand, while stadium cross competitions had a 150 per thousand rate and outdoor motocross a rate of 76 per thousand representing a risk of accident of 22.72 per thousand hours of riding. . .
Among the total of 1,870 injuries, 1076 were bruises (57.5% of injuries were bruises);
There were 450 fractures recorded (24% of injuries fractures),
Ligamentous lesions accounted for 344 cases (18.4%).
Head trauma was noted in 86 cases (5.7% of accidents) producing coma in 3%, and loss of consciousness in 14%.
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Incidence of injury in Texas high school football
http://ajs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/20/5/575
Based on evaluation of 100 high schools in the State of Texas during a single football season (1989).
[Note that ALL of these injuries required the athlete to miss all or part of a game or practice. Thus, it is unlikely that most bruises are included in the following numbers.]
A total of 4399 athletes in varsity football programs participated in the study.
There were 2228 injuries, as defined in the study, during the period of study, giving an incidence of injury of 0.506 injury per athlete per year.
Severe injuries--those requiring hospitalization--were found in 137 cases, for an incidence rate of 0.031 injury per athlete per year. The incidence of reportable defined injury was calculated to be 0.003 injury per hour of exposure per student athlete.
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Injuries in Pop Warner Football
http://www.popwarner.com/football/footballsafety.asp?lable=safety
The injury rate in Pop Warner Football is:
• less than one-third the injury rate in high school football
• less than one-fifth the injury rate in college football
• less than one-ninth the injury rate in professional football
• Pop Warner's age-weight schematic protects younger, lighter players, who do not have higher injury rates.
• Organized football among 5 – 15 year-olds has 12 percent fewer injuries per capita than organized soccer in the same age range
• Organized football among 5 – 15 year-olds has 50 percent fewer injuries per capita than bicycle riding in the same age range.
• Organized football among 5 – 15 year-olds has 74 percent fewer injuries per capita than skateboarding in the same age group.
The injury experience of 5,128 boys (8 to 15 years of age, weight 22.5 to 67.5 kg [50 to 150 lb]) participating in youth football revealed an overall rate of significant injury of 5%, with 61% classified as moderate and 38.9% as major injuries.