@article{ref1,
title="Shoulder check: investigating shoulder injury rates, types, severity, mechanisms, and risk factors in Canadian youth ice hockey",
journal="Clinical journal of sport medicine",
year="2023",
author="Gibson, Eric S. and Eliason, Paul H. and West, Stephen W. and Black, Amanda M. and Lebrun, Constance and Emery, Carolyn A. and Pasanen, Kati",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To describe shoulder-related injury rates (IRs), types, severity, mechanisms, and risk factors in youth ice hockey players during games and practices. <br><br>DESIGN: Secondary analysis of data from a 5-year prospective cohort study, Safe-to-Play (2013-2018).   SETTING: Canadian youth ice hockey. PARTICIPANTS: Overall, 6584 player-seasons (representing 4417 individual players) participated. During this period, 118 shoulder-related games and 12 practice injuries were reported.   ASSESSMENT OF RISK FACTORS: An exploratory multivariable mixed-effects Poisson regression model examined the risk factors of body checking policy, weight, biological sex, history of injury in the past 12 months, and level of play.   MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Injury surveillance data were collected from 2013 to 2018. Injury rates with 95% confidence interval (CI) were estimated using Poisson regression. <br><br>RESULTS: The shoulder IR was 0.35 injuries/1000 game-hours (95% CI, 0.24-0.49). Two-thirds of game injuries (n = 80, 70%) resulted in >8 days of time-loss, and more than one-third (n = 44, 39%) resulted in >28 days of time-loss. An 83% lower rate of shoulder injury was associated with policy prohibiting body checking compared with leagues allowing body checking (incidence rate ratio [IRR], 0.17; 95% CI, 0.09-0.33). A higher shoulder IR was observed for those who reported any injury in the last 12-months compared with those with no history (IRR, 2.00; 95% CI, 1.33-3.01). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Most shoulder injuries resulted in more than 1 week of time-loss. Risk factors for shoulder injury included participation in a body-checking league and recent history of injury. Further study of prevention strategies specific to the shoulder may merit further consideration in ice hockey.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1050-642X",
doi="10.1097/JSM.0000000000001169",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JSM.0000000000001169"
}