Sex- and Sports-Specific Epidemiology of Traumatic Lumbar Spine Injuries Sustained During Sporting Activities: Male Snowboarders and Female Horseback Riders at Greatest Risk
Cheng R, Kahan JB, Li D, Schneble CA, Gardner EC. Sex- and Sports-Specific Epidemiology of Traumatic Lumbar Spine Injuries Sustained During Sporting Activities: Male Snowboarders and Female Horseback Riders at Greatest Risk. Arthroscopy Sports Medicine And Rehabilitation 2021, 3: e515-e520. PMID: 34027463, PMCID: PMC8129455, DOI: 10.1016/j.asmr.2020.12.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLumbar spine injuriesFemale patientsMale patientsSpine injuriesIncidence rateLumbar injuriesNational Electronic Injury Surveillance System databaseInjury incidence ratesRetrospective comparative studySurveillance System databaseRelative incidence ratesAverage injury rateHorseback ridingDifferent age groupsNEISS hospitalsEmergency departmentEpidemiologic patternsMost injuriesNEISS databaseTraumatic injuryPatientsMale snowboardersInjury ratesGreatest RiskLevel III