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Rodeo-Related Injuries Among Adolescents Treated at Emergency Departments
- Source :
- The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 61:387-395
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2021.
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Abstract
- Background Rodeo is an extreme sport involving powerful forces created by large animals. Objective The objective of this study was to characterize rodeo-related injuries among adolescents treated at United States emergency departments (EDs). Methods Cases were rodeo-related injuries among patients ages 13–19 years reported to the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System during 2000–2019. The distribution of the national injury estimates was determined for selected variables. Results A total of 408 adolescent rodeo-related injuries were identified, resulting in a national estimate of 17,363 injuries. Bulls were involved in 58.4% of the injuries and horses in 28.8%. The patients were 84.7% male and 15.3% female. The most frequently reported mechanisms of injury were: fell or thrown from an animal (41.4%), stepped on by an animal (22.4%), other contact with an animal (7.4%), contact with infrastructure (6.6%), and kicked by an animal (5.9%). The most common diagnoses were contusion or abrasion (29.5%), fracture (22.8%), strain or sprain (15.0%), laceration (8.1%), and concussion (8.0%). The affected body part was 26.9% head and neck, 25.9% upper extremity, 24.6% lower extremity, and 21.6% trunk. Conclusion Most of the injuries involved bulls. The majority of patients were male. Most of the injuries resulted from falling or being thrown by an animal or stepped on by an animal. The most frequently reported injuries were contusion or abrasion, fracture, strain or sprain, laceration, and concussion. The injuries most often affected the head and neck followed by the upper extremity and lower extremity.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Abrasion (medical)
Strain (injury)
Injury surveillance
Fractures, Bone
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Concussion
medicine
Animals
Humans
Horses
Head and neck
Brain Concussion
business.industry
030229 sport sciences
Emergency department
medicine.disease
030210 environmental & occupational health
Trunk
United States
Falling (accident)
Athletic Injuries
Emergency Medicine
Physical therapy
Cattle
Female
medicine.symptom
Emergency Service, Hospital
business
human activities
Sports
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 07364679
- Volume :
- 61
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....da76ec1f38611624b5aa5b2571fd53ee
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.03.023