ArticleThe Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume2013
Fractures in children: epidemiology and activity-specific fracture rates.
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- Incidence and patterns of pediatric fractures at selected hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2024: a multi-center cross-sectional study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Epidemiology and Management of Pediatric Fractures in Malawi.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2024Article
- Physeal Growth Arrest in Distal Radius Fracture: A Case Report.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2024Article
- Evaluation of Risk Factors for the Occurrence of Limb Fractures in Children Due to Unintentional Injury in Podgorica, Montenegro, Mediterranean.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Epidemiology of Distal Forearm Fracture: A Population-Based Study of 5426 Fractures.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- Fracture detection in pediatric wrist trauma X-ray images using YOLOv8 algorithm.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Early Adolescent Fractures in the Republic of Korea.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Consequences of delayed surgical intervention of a displaced midshaft clavicle fracture: a case report.JSES reviews, reports, and techniques · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundApproximately one-third of pediatric fractures occur during sport or recreational activity. In this paper, we investigate the incidence and causes of pediatric fractures in our region and quantify the fracture rate per exposure time for the most common sport and recreational activities.
methodsWe prospectively evaluated all children younger than sixteen years who presented to our institution with a new fracture within a twelve-month period. Exposure time to the most common childhood activities was measured by means of interviewing random parents from the study population. The main outcome measures were the annual fracture incidence in the population and fracture rates per 10,000 hours of exposure to various sports and recreational activities.
resultsA total of 1403 fractures were included. The overall annual incidence was 180.1 fractures per 10,000 children younger than sixteen years. The distal part of the radius was most often fractured (436 fractures, 31.1%). Snowboarding was associated with the highest activity-specific fracture rate, estimated to be 1.9 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.16 to 2.60) fractures per 10,000 hours of exposure. In comparison, the fracture rate per 10,000 hours of exposure was 0.79 (CI, 0.42 to 1.09) for handball, 0.44 (CI, 0.35 to 0.52) for soccer, and 0.35 (CI, 0.23 to 0.47) for trampolining.
conclusionsThe distal part of the radius is the most common fracture site in childhood. Fracture rates differ between various physical activities. The fracture rate for snowboarding was four times higher compared with that for other common childhood sport and recreational activities in our region.
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