Youth Participation and Injury Risk in Martial Arts

Rebecca A Demorest; Chris Koutures; Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness

doi:10.1542/peds.2016-3022

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Youth Participation and Injury Risk in Martial Arts

Journal article

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Youth Participation and Injury Risk in Martial Arts

Rebecca A Demorest, Chris Koutures and Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness

Pediatrics (Evanston), Vol.138(6), pp.e20163022-e20163022

12/2016

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2016-3022

PMID: 27940732

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Abstract

The martial arts can provide children and adolescents with vigorous levels of physical exercise that can improve overall physical fitness. The various types of martial arts encompass noncontact basic forms and techniques that may have a lower relative risk of injury. Contact-based sparring with competitive training and bouts have a higher risk of injury. This clinical report describes important techniques and movement patterns in several types of martial arts and reviews frequently reported injuries encountered in each discipline, with focused discussions of higher risk activities. Some of these higher risk activities include blows to the head and choking or submission movements that may cause concussions or significant head injuries. The roles of rule changes, documented benefits of protective equipment, and changes in training recommendations in attempts to reduce injury are critically assessed. This information is intended to help pediatric health care providers counsel patients and families in encouraging safe participation in martial arts.

United States

Physical Fitness - physiology

Age Factors

Risk Assessment

Head Injuries, Closed

Humans

Male

Martial Arts - injuries

Craniocerebral Trauma - etiology

Athletic Injuries - epidemiology

Adolescent

Athletic Injuries - prevention & control

Sex Factors

Female

Community Participation - statistics & numerical data

Brain Concussion - etiology

Craniocerebral Trauma - prevention & control

Brain Concussion - prevention & control

Details

Title: Subtitle: Youth Participation and Injury Risk in Martial Arts
Creators: Rebecca A Demorest
Chris Koutures
Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness
Contributors: Andrew R Peterson (Contributor) - University of Iowa, Stead Family Department of Pediatrics
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Pediatrics (Evanston), Vol.138(6), pp.e20163022-e20163022
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2016-3022
PMID: 27940732
NLM abbreviation: Pediatrics
ISSN: 0031-4005
eISSN: 1098-4275
Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics; United States
Language: English
Date published: 12/2016
Academic Unit: Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; Injury Prevention Research Center; General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984040217102771

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