Sport/leisure injuries are a population health issue in Australia. Over 2003-2004 to 2007-2008, the rate of sport/leisure injury NSW hospitalisations was 195.5/100,000 residents. Males and children/young people had consistently highest rates of hospitalisation. There was no significant decline in rates over this period and no change in the profiles of the types of sport/leisure injuries. The extent to which effective preventive programs have been developed and implemented needs to be determined as current programs do not seem to be impacting on hospitalisation rates. Medical/health promotion agencies and sports bodies need to jointly formulate and implement policies to reduce sport/leisure injuries. This is one of the most significant challenges facing sports medicine professionals today.
AD - School of Human Movement and Sport Sciences, University of Ballarat, Australia; NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Australia. AN - 20619733 BT - Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport ET - 2010/07/14 LA - eng M1 - 1 N1 - Finch, Caroline FMitchell, RebeccaBoufous, SoufianeAustraliaJournal of science and medicine in sport / Sports Medicine AustraliaJ Sci Med Sport. 2011 Jan;14(1):15-21. Epub 2010 Jul 8. N2 -Sport/leisure injuries are a population health issue in Australia. Over 2003-2004 to 2007-2008, the rate of sport/leisure injury NSW hospitalisations was 195.5/100,000 residents. Males and children/young people had consistently highest rates of hospitalisation. There was no significant decline in rates over this period and no change in the profiles of the types of sport/leisure injuries. The extent to which effective preventive programs have been developed and implemented needs to be determined as current programs do not seem to be impacting on hospitalisation rates. Medical/health promotion agencies and sports bodies need to jointly formulate and implement policies to reduce sport/leisure injuries. This is one of the most significant challenges facing sports medicine professionals today.
PY - 2011 SN - 1878-1861 (Electronic) SP - 15 EP - 21 T2 - Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport TI - Trends in hospitalised sport/leisure injuries in New South Wales, Australia-Implications for the targetting of population-focussed preventive sports medicine efforts VL - 14 ER -