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Epidemiology of Sports Injuries

Epidemiology of sports injuries examines the patterns, causes, and risk factors of injuries occurring during athletic activities across different populations and sports. Research published in Sports and Exercise Medicine addresses this topic through investigations spanning multiple sports and age groups, with partic…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 6 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 3× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2694-2283 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Epidemiology of sports injuries examines the patterns, causes, and risk factors of injuries occurring during athletic activities across different populations and sports. Research published in Sports and Exercise Medicine addresses this topic through investigations spanning multiple sports and age groups, with particular attention to biomechanical risk factors and injury prevention strategies. Studies have examined catastrophic injuries such as spinal cord trauma in equestrian athletes, analyzing incidence patterns, risk factors, and clinical outcomes in this high-risk sport. Additional work has focused on common lower extremity injuries, including systematic approaches to ankle sprain prevention that consider the functional relationship between pelvic stability and foot mechanics. Pediatric athletes have received specific attention through research on hip angle behavior during landing mechanics in children and comparative studies of hip flexion changes following training in youth soccer players, highlighting developmental considerations in injury risk. This body of work underscores the importance of sport-specific and age-appropriate epidemiological research in understanding injury mechanisms and informing evidence-based prevention programs that can reduce the burden of sports-related trauma across diverse athletic populations.

Research published in this journal

6 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 6 articles above have been cited 3 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Epidemiology of Sports Injuries, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Sports and Exercise Medicine (ISSN 2694-2283).

Journal editorial board
Gerasimos Grivas · Greece Angelo Cataldo · Italy Guy CHERON · Belgium

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