Translational Sports Medicine

Review Article

The Epidemiology of Youth Sport-Related Shoulder Injuries: A Systematic Review

Table 4

Reported shoulder injury prevalence from included studies. Sport-specific seasonal shoulder injury prevalence is reported in descending order. If not stated otherwise, the sample population includes both girls and boys.
AuthorPopulationSport-specific seasonal prevalence
AskerGirls handball28.2%
SmithSoftball24.5%
PasqueBoys wrestling24.0%
MaticIce hockey20.6%
DyerRugby union19.9%
YardTaekwondo19.1%
KawasakiBoys rugby17.4%
EmeryIce hockey17.0%
KroshausBoys wrestling16.9%
SewryRugby15.9%
MorrisFootball15.0%
Snyder-ValierSoftball14.2%
YardRugby14.1%
DeitsIce hockey13.8%
CulpepperBoys football13.3%
CollinsRugby12.8%
KerrBoys football12.0%
PolitesIce hockey11.3%
YardHockey11.1%
MirandaVolleyball11.0%
DarrowMixed sports10.9%
WassermanBoys baseball10.8%
PierpointBoys lacrosse10.8%
RuedlMixed sports9.9%
ReeserGirls volleyball8.3%
HjelmTennis8.0%
SchneurHigh school sports7.7%
VijamGirls touch rugby7.7%
KerrBoys mixed sports7.6%
KerrGirls volleyball6.9%
HirschornMixed sports6.8%
GamageCricket6.1%
KerrGirls mixed sports5.6%
DompierFootball5.5%
YardKarate4.4%
OlsenHandball4.0%
WassermanGirls softball3.6%
HorobeanuSquash3.3%
KerrBoys soccer2.1%
YardJudo1.9%
PierpointGirls lacrosse1.2%