Safety in youth ice hockey: the effects of body checking. American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Sports Medicine and Fitness.

Reducing injury risk from body checking in boys' youth ice hockey.

Ice hockey is an increasingly popular sport that allows intentional collision in the form of body checking for males but not for females. There is a two- to threefold increased risk of all injury, severe injury, and concussion related to body checking at all levels of boys' youth ice hockey. The American Academy of Pediatrics reinforces the importance of stringent enforcement of rules to protec...

Incidence of Concussion in Youth Ice Hockey Players.

BACKGROUND Ice hockey is a fast-paced collision sport that entails both intentional (ie, body checking) and incidental contact that may involve the head. The objective of this study was to determine the incidence of concussions in relation to games/practices and age among competition-level youth ice hockey players (ages 12-18 years). METHODS Participants included 397 youth ice hockey players ...

American Academy of Pediatrics, Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness, Canadian Paediatric Society, Healthy Active Living and Sports Medicine Committee

Thousands of boys and girls younger than 19 years participate in boxing in North America. Although boxing provides benefits for participants, including exercise, self-discipline, and self-confidence, the sport of boxing encourages and rewards deliberate blows to the head and face. Participants in boxing are at risk of head, face, and neck injuries, including chronic and even fatal neurologic in...

Cardiac dysrhythmias and sports. American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Sports Medicine and Fitness.

A systematic review of the association between body checking and injury in youth ice hockey.

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to systematically examine the risk of injury associated with body checking in youth ice hockey. DATA SOURCES A systematic review of the relevant electronic databases was conducted including PubMed and Web of Science. The main search terms included "hockey, ice hockey, injury, body checking, child, adolescent, and pediatric." STUDY SELECTION The initi...