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ReviewCureus2024

Pickleball Injuries in the Aging Athlete: A Critical Analysis Review.

Daniel C Touhey, Christopher K Bozorgmehr, Darius S Tartibi, Matthew V Smith, Derrick M Knapik

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Review in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Racket Sports-Related Injuries in Youth Athletes: A Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026
    Review
  2. Risk of Upper Extremity Injury in Recreational Pickleball Players.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Daniel C TouheyOrthopaedic Surgery, Washington University Orthopaedics, St. Louis, USA.
Christopher K BozorgmehrOrthopaedic Surgery, Washington University Orthopaedics, St. Louis, USA.
Darius S TartibiOrthopaedic Surgery, Washington University Orthopaedics, St. Louis, USA.
Matthew V SmithOrthopaedic Surgery, Washington University Orthopaedics, St. Louis, USA.
Derrick M KnapikOrthopaedic Surgery, Washington University Orthopaedics, St. Louis, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The popularity of pickleball has rapidly increased in the United States, with over 48 million adult participants in recent years, leading to a growing need to better understand injuries exclusive to pickleball. Pickleball-related injuries are predominantly musculoskeletal, most commonly sprains and strains to the upper and lower extremities. Sport-specific variables, including sporting equipment, playing conditions, and proper technique may be utilized to guide clinicians in injury management and preventative treatment. Future research is warranted to better direct care for pickleball athletes with a focus on the aging population.

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aging athleteathletic injurymanagementmusculoskeletalpickleball

Identifiers

PMID39445252
PMCPMC11496387

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