@article{ref1,
title="Epidemiology of yoga-related injuries in Canada from 1991 to 2010: a case series study",
journal="International journal of injury control and safety promotion",
year="2016",
author="Russell, Kelly and Gushue, Shantel and Richmond, Sarah and McFaull, Steven",
volume="23",
number="3",
pages="284-290",
abstract="The aim is to describe the epidemiology of yoga injuries presenting to select Canadian emergency departments (EDs). Those who presented with a yoga injury to a Canadian ED participating in the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program and had completed a data collection form between 1991 and 2010 were included. Demographic and injury characteristics were tabulated and injury profiles of children were compared to adults. Sixty-six individuals (48 female, 18 male) who sustained 67 injuries were included. The median age was 19 (intraquartile range: 13, 32) and 73% of individuals were injured after 2005 (p = 0.0003). Sprain was the most common injury (23/67, 34%) and the most common body region injured was the lower extremity (27/67, 42%). Significantly more children were injured while being instructed than adults (p = 0.003) but more adults required treatment (p = 0.023). Although yoga-related injuries presenting to an ED are not common, the number of injuries are increasing.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1745-7300",
doi="10.1080/17457300.2015.1032981",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17457300.2015.1032981"
}