New national study finds 34 percent increase in running-related injuries among children
Friday, January 28, 2011 - 11:30
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at the Centre for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital examined running-related injuries among children and adolescents 6 to 18 years old and found that an estimated 225,344 cases were treated in U.S. emergency departments from 1994 through 2007, for an average of more than 16,000 each year. During the 14-year study period, the annual number of running-related injuries increased 34 percent...