Epidemiology of Injuries Sustained in Boys’ High School Contact and Collision Sports, 2008-2009 Through 2012-2013

@article{Hammer2020EpidemiologyOI,
  title={Epidemiology of Injuries Sustained in Boys’ High School Contact and Collision Sports, 2008-2009 Through 2012-2013},
  author={Erin Hammer and Margaret Alison Brooks and Scott J. Hetzel and Alan T. Arakkal and Rae Dawn Comstock},
  journal={Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine},
  year={2020},
  volume={8},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:212116137}
}
Injuries rates were higher in competition than those in practice for boys’ high school contact and collision athletes, and football players sustained the highest injury rate, the highest severe injury rates, and the highest concussion rate among the sports included in this analysis.
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