Review Article

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

Table 6

Incidence of shoulder injury stratified by the session type. Incidence rates by athletic exposure (AEs) have been standardized to 1 000 AEs and reported in descending order. If not stated otherwise, the sample population includes both girls and boys.

AuthorPopulationCompetitionPracticeUnits

TuominenIce hockey2ā€”1000 AEs
KerrBoys football1.650.251000 AEs
LynallIce hockey1.250.081000 AEs
KroshausWrestling0.770.271000 AEs
PierpointBoys lacrosse0.550.091000 AEs
BonzaMixed hs sports0.4410.1461000 AEs
AllenGirls basketball0.420.171000 AEs
AllenBoys basketball0.350.251000 AEs
SaperBaseball0.1730.121000 AEs
KerrBoys soccer0.150.031000 AEs
CliftonGirls basketball0.120.041000 AEs
WassermanGirls softball0.120.091000 AEs
CliftonBoys basketball0.090.031000 AEs
DiStefanoGirls soccer0.090.021000 AEs
KerrGirls volleyball0.060.091000 AEs
CurrieCheerleading0.0520.0471000 AEs
PierpointGirls lacrosse0.050.011000 AEs
McCarthyMixed hs sports0.04580.00861000 AEs

McCarthy et al. describes clavicle fracture injury types only, based on their injury definition.