TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Parkour injuries presenting to United States emergency departments, 2009-2015
JO  - American journal of emergency medicine
A1  - Stephenson, Caroline J.
A1  - Rossheim, Matthew E.
SP  - 1503
EP  - 1505
VL  - 35
IS  - 10
N2  - BACKGROUND: Few studies have examined injuries resulting from practicing parkour. The current study provides details on more parkour-related emergency department visits than existed in the combined research literature. <br><br>METHODS: Cross-sectional data from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's National Electronic Injury Surveillance System were used to examine parkour-related injuries presenting to U.S. emergency departments over a seven year period. <br><br>RESULTS: Most parkour injuries were reportedly caused by landing or from striking objects. Common diagnoses included fractures, sprains/strains, abrasions/contusions, and lacerations. More than half of reported injuries (57.7%) affected the patients' extremities. In this data, there appears to be a trend of increasing parkour injuries over time. Patients as young as 8years old have presented to emergency departments with parkour-related injuries in recent years. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Given the relatively severe injuries obtained by youth participants, more research is needed to guide injury prevention efforts. Understanding the nature of parkour-related injuries may help inform prevention efforts. However, more systematic monitoring of participation in parkour and related injuries is needed.<br><br>Copyright © 2017. Published by Elsevier Inc.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0735-6757
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2017.04.040
ID  - ref1
ER  -