2021
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
2017
The epidemiology of back/neck/spine injuries in National Collegiate Athletic Association men’s and women’s ice hockey, 2009/2010 to 2014/2015
Zupon AB, Kerr ZY, Dalton SL, Dompier TP, Gardner EC. The epidemiology of back/neck/spine injuries in National Collegiate Athletic Association men’s and women’s ice hockey, 2009/2010 to 2014/2015. Research In Sports Medicine 2017, 26: 13-26. PMID: 28869402, DOI: 10.1080/15438627.2017.1365295.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Collegiate Athletic Association Men'sSpine injuriesWomen's ice hockeyInjury ratesNCAA Injury Surveillance ProgramIce hockeyInjury Surveillance ProgramEffective injury preventionSevere spinal injuriesAthlete exposuresMost injuriesSpinal injuryLumbar spineInjury preventionInjuryNCAA men'sSurveillance programStudy periodMenLower ratesEpidemiologyWomenIncidenceHockeyPrevention