Fact Sheets
Fact Sheets
- Baseball Injuries - includes statistics, common types of injuries, body areas injured and suggestions for prevention.
- Child Protection & Sexual Abuse: Includes information on statistics, legislation, risks & liability, background checks and resources.
- Coaching Education - includes requirements for becoming a youth sports or interscholastic coach and statistics regarding number of coaches with training.
- Cost of Injuries - contains information on the cost of medically treated nonfatal consumer-product sports injuries for youth age 0-14 for twenty-nine sports. Statistics include: doctor/clinic, emergency department, ambulatory surgery, hospital admission via emergency department and hospital admission direct. Also included is a summary from the Consumer Product Safety Commission on the design of the cost model.
- Creatine Fact Sheet - includes information on dosages, adverse reactions, limitations of current research, which athletes are most likely to gain benefits from creatine supplementation, sports fo rwhich creatine has no impact on performance, regulation, internet resources, suggested reading.
- Dental Injuries - includes information on statistics, cost of injuries, mouth protectors, and resource information.
- Eating Disorders - includes information on prevalence, risk factors, symptoms, "triggers" and prevention.
- Emotional Injuries Fact Sheet - includes information on desirable outcomes of participation, what constitutes emotional abuse, parental misconduct at youth sports events, the frequency and effects of abuse, barriers to prevention and resources.
- Eye Injuries - includes information on statistics, cost of injuries, risk factors and protective safety equipment.
- Football Injuries - includes statistics, common types of injuries, catastrophic injury information, body areas injured and suggestions for prevention.
- Gymnastics Injuries - includes information on common types of injuries, risk factors, and safety recommendations.
- Head Injuries - includes information on statistics, cost of injuries, identification, return to play, and resource information.
- Helmets - includes information on why helmets should be worn, which sports helmets are recommended for, standards, fit, reconditioning, responsibilities and universal helmets.
- Individual Risk Factors - includes comprehensive information on unique conditions which predispose an athlete to risk of injury.
- In-Line Skating Injuries - includes information on statistics, risk factors, safety equipment, recommendations, resources and references.
- Preparticipation Physical Exams - includes information on the contents of the exam, frequency of the exam, who should do the exam and resources from national medical organizations.
- Skin Cancer - provides current information on statistics, risk factors, suggestions for prevention, use of sunscreen and resources.
- Soccer Injuries - includes statistics, causes of injuries and suggestions for prevention.
- Sports Medicine & the Sports Medicine Team - includes information on the field of sports medicine, members of the sports medicine team and their function.
- Sudden Death in Athletes - includes statistics, causes and risk factors, symptoms and recommendations.
- Types of Sports Injuries-Includes the most common types and definitions.
- Youth Sports Injuries - includes information on statistics, cost of injuries and causes of injuries.
Fact sheets are $2.00 each plus shipping and handling for non-members of the Foundation. Bulk pricing is available by request. Shipping Charges:
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