Epidemiology of facial injuries in sport

Title: Epidemiology of facial injuries in sport
Creator: Black, Amanda; Eliason, Paul; Patton, Declan; Emery, Carolyn
Date: 2017
Type: Text; Journal article
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/159309
Identifier: vital:11941
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csm.2016.11.001
Identifier: ISSN:0278-5919
Abstract: Facial injuries can pose a large health burden for athletes, potentially resulting in time loss and surgery. This article reviews the incidence, common mechanisms, and risk factors of facial injuries in several sports globally. Estimates of facial injury rates are complicated by a lack of, or inconsistent, reporting on specific types of injury. Much of the epidemiologic literature is based on hospital-based injury surveillance and there is a paucity of literature examining sport-specific risk factors. Future research should focus on prospective injury surveillance methodologies with consistent injury definitions examining risk factors and the effectiveness of facial injury prevention efforts.
Publisher: WB Saunders
Relation: Clinics in Sports Medicine Vol. 36, no. 2 (2017), p. 237-255
Rights: This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject: 0913 Mechanical Engineering; 1106 Human Movement and Sports Science; Epidemiology; Facial injuries; Sport injuries; Eye injuries; Dental injuries; Maxillofacial injuries
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