- Title
- A decade of head, neck and facial cricket injury hospitalisations in Victoria, Australia : from 2007/08 to 2016/17
- Creator
- Kodikara, Dulan; Plumb, Mandy; Twomey, Dara
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/183667
- Identifier
- vital:16343
- Identifier
-
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2020.06.010
- Identifier
- ISBN:1440-2440 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Objectives: To present an epidemiological profile of hospital-treated head, neck and facial cricket injuries from 2007/08 to 2016/17 in Victoria, Australia. Design: Retrospective analysis of emergency department and hospital admission data. Methods: An analysis of Victorian hospital-treated head, neck and facial cricket injuries of all cricket participants over 5 years old between July 2007 and June 2017. Results: Over the decade, 3907 head, neck, facial (HNF) cricket injuries were treated in Victorian hospitals. The number of HNF cricket injuries substantially increased in the 2014/15 season from 367 to 435 injuries and remained over 400 in the subsequent years. More injuries were reported for male compared to female participants, 3583 compared to 324 injuries. When adjusted for participation in competitive cricket, the injury incidence rate was 1.3 per 1000 participants for males and 0.4 per 1000 participants for females. The 10−14 year age group most frequently required hospital treatment. Open wounds were the most common type of injury (1166, 29.8%) and the main mechanism for HNF cricket injury for this decade was hit/struck/crush (3361, 86.0%). Conclusions: This study provides a novel and current insight of the incidence and details of HNF injuries among cricket participants in Victoria over a decade. It is evident that males and younger participants, regardless of gender, have a higher risk of sustaining a HNF injury. This study provides a solid evidence base for stakeholders in developing strategies to minimise head, neck and facial injuries to make cricket a safe sport for all. © 2020 Sports Medicine Australia
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Relation
- Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport Vol. 23, no. 12 (2020), p. 1161-1165
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright © 2020 Sports Medicine Australia
- Subject
- 3202 Clinical Sciences; 4206 Public Health; 4207 Sports Science and Exercise; Cricket; Facial injury; Head injury; Injury prevention; Injury surveillance; Neck injury
- Reviewed
- Funder
- DTK was supported by Federation University Australia via its Postgraduate Research Priority Area (RPA) Scholarship scheme.
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