TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - A prospective cohort study of injury incidence and risk factors in North Carolina high school competitive cheerleaders
JO  - American journal of sports medicine
A1  - Schulz, Mark R.
A1  - Marshall, Stephen W.
A1  - Yang, Jingzhen
A1  - Mueller, Frederick O.
A1  - Weaver, Nancy L.
A1  - Bowling, J. Michael
SP  - 396
EP  - 405
VL  - 32
IS  - 2
N2  - BACKGROUND: Cheerleaders suffer nearly half of catastrophic injuries observed in female scholastic athletes in the United States. However, incidence of noncatastrophic injury in this population has not been described. HYPOTHESIS: Coach, athlete, and injury circumstance variables may predict the injury rate among cheerleaders. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective cohort. METHODS: The authors investigated injury incidence in a sample of North Carolina female cheerleaders who competed inter-scholastically from 1996 to 1999. Injury, exposure, and demographic data were collected from squads that participated in the North Carolina High School Athletic Injury Study. RESULTS: Cheerleaders suffered 133 injuries during 1701 athlete seasons. More than 21% of the injuries were ankle sprains. The injury rate was 8.7; the 95% confidence interval (CI) was 6.5 to 11.7 per 10,000 athlete exposures. In a multivariate Poisson regression model, cheerleaders supervised by coaches with the most education, qualifications, and training (coach EQT) had a nearly 50% reduction in injury risk (rate ratio [RR], 0.5; 95% CI, 0.3-0.9), and cheerleaders supervised by coaches with medium coach EQT had a nearly 40% reduction in injury risk (RR = 0.6; 95% CI, 0.3-1.2) compared to cheerleaders supervised by coaches with low coach EQT.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0363-5465
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -