Pediatric martial arts injuries presenting to Emergency Departments, United States 1990-2003. |
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| Authors: | Ellen E Yard Christy L Knox Gary A Smith R Dawn Comstock |
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| Affiliation: | Center for Injury Research and Policy, Columbus Children's Research Institute, Children's Hospital, Ohio, USA. YardE@ccri.net |
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| Abstract: | Although an estimated 6.5 million United States (US) children aged 6-17 practiced a martial art in 2004, there have been no nationally representative studies comparing pediatric injuries among the three most popular disciplines, karate, taekwondo, and judo. Describe pediatric martial arts injuries presenting to a representative sample of US Emergency Departments (EDs) from 1990 to 2003. We reviewed all martial arts injuries captured by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC), National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS). An estimated 128,400 children
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